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By Bolanle Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG In times past, Nigerian leaders were fond of snubbing the local media and travelling abroad to break very important news stories that qualify as “world exclusives” to foreign media. Some put this down as a factor of the colonial mentality still ravaging African leaders centuries after the slave trade and […] Read more

By Bola Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG I must have read a story with the same or similar heading above sometime in the past but reading it or something similar again this week, I took more interest in it in view of the ongoing “japa” phenomenon that is emptying Nigeria not only of its vibrant youths but […] Read more

By Fola Ojo MaTaZ ArIsInG Records of the Good Book. The corruptible King Uzziah had reigned as a prosperous royalty. For over 50 years, his grips on the kingdom were gruesome. Suddenly, the king was afflicted and inflicted. His inglorious glory slid into an eclipse. He was ostracised as a leper in a hospital. The location […] Read more

By Chris Paul Otaigbe MaTaZ ArIsInG Like a joke, and as Fela sang in one of his all time hits, “the thing wey dey cos our suffer, e don dey show him face to us…” Finally, those who have been BEHIND the SUFFERING of Nigerians have now been exposed to us. For this, our GRATITUDE […] Read more

By Tunde Akande MaTaZ ArIsInG What is the story of Nigeria’s failure as a nation? It is the the story of the failure of journalism which refused to watch over the power players but rather watch over the pockets of the journalists. My friend and workmate, Professor Jimi Kayode, now of Lagos State University, teaching […] Read more

By Festus Adedayo MaTaZ ArIsInG One error made by the public is to see these erstwhile media practitioners in the same mould as when they were active in the profession. In the tiff between Onanuga and Alake on one side and Obaigbena on the other, the ordinary people of Nigeria are not in their consideration […] Read more