MaTaZ ArIsInG Re: Former VP Osinbajo returned quietly to Lagos • Osinbajo Is A Rock, They Are Eggs, Throw Eggs At A Rock, The Rock Remains The Same “Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need […] Read more

By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInG I’ve noticed a lot of back and forth between Hausa and Fulani people on social media lately. This column contributes to the debate: Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and FulaniBy Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi The cultural and ethnic melding of Northern Nigeria’s Hausa and the Fulani people is so […] Read more

By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG Monday Lines It was almost a missed call; or, more appropriately, an ignored call because the telephone number was unusual – an eight digit number. But, something told me: pick it, and I did. “Hello, is that Mr. Lasisi Olagunju?” “Yes, sir,” I answered, waiting for what would come next. […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInG For now, the typical people with FBI files are activists, troublemakers, and those involved in illegal activities. So, people who deal in financial fraud, murder, drug trade, etc., are guaranteed a robust FBI file. Once the US Justice Department has an adversary encounter with you, the FBI opens a file for you. That […] Read more

Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInG These are the facts of February 25, 2023, INEC’s Magic: SO ALL THE FIELD AGENTS WERE CUT OFF FROM THE IREV PORTAL. Jigawa had 40,000+Niger had 35,000+Gombe had 40,000+Etc, etc. All the blurred images were uploaded by devices other than the BIVAS machine, an action in breach of the electoral act!! […] Read more

By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG My mystery Hausa friend has been busy with me lately. He has been firing a series of probing (invasive) messages. Sometimes, he asks questions; other times, he comes plain and provocative. On March 28, my friend told me “Igbos and Yorubas have been Nigeria’s problem since colonial times. They are […] Read more

Monday Lines – By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 March, 2023) If you were in Western Nigeria in the 1980s, you would remember a television drama with the title Fó’po mó’yò which featured Fadeyi Oloro, the hugely popular ‘venomous’ actor who died last week. May God rest his […] Read more

By Oduche Azih MaTaZ ArIsInG THE GATHERING STORM OF INTIMIDATION, THREATS, AND HARASSMENT OF NON-INDIGENES AFTER THE FEBRUARY 25 PRESIDENTIAL/NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN LAGOS STATE  Let us forget Peter Obi for a moment. Like Atiku Abubakar, Obi is busy right now gathering and “collating” evidence for his challenge in court of the “victory” of Asiwaju BAT […] Read more