MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has stated that only the throne of Oyo has the authority to confer chieftaincy titles that carry the name “Yorubaland.” The monarch made this declaration during the installation of Senator Abdul-Aziz Yari as Obaloyin of Yorubaland and Barrister Seyi Tinubu as Okanlomo of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas First published December 18 2021. Included also in the book “BLOOD IN THE OIL” published 2023. THE FALSE CRY TO SAVE THE NORTH Basil Okoh There is this not so small matter of deploying the armed forces to the Northwest to force the marauding bandits out and enforce peace in the territory. […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas FIRST PUBLISHED DECEMBER 16 2022. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOOK “BLOOD IN THE OIL”. THE NORTH IS RUNNING RED Basil Okoh Blood flows everywhere as the elite of Northern Nigeria are in cowardly retreat and as their cherished and once powerful region sink deeper into dissonance and murderous violence. The […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Today’s Saturday column takes a much-needed break from Nigerian politics and looks into the growing phenomena of traditional familiar and smooth, executive (online and offline) begging that are stretching and stressing the finances of Nigeria’s shrinking middle class and of diasporan Nigerians: Nigeria’s Growing Begging Economy By Farooq A. Kperogi As the […] Read more
‘State police is inevitable’ – Tinubu assures foreign partners, presses APC on security, LG autonomy
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared that the creation of state police in Nigeria is inevitable, saying he has already assured international partners that the country will decentralise its policing system to confront worsening insecurity. Speaking at the 14th National Caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The death of the former senator was confirmed by the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, who expressed deep sorrow over the loss. Former Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has been reported dead, according to SaharaReporters. The former lawmaker who represented Delta North Senatorial District, passed away on Friday at the age […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Omole made the remarks during an interview on Channels Television while discussing a newly launched biography titled From Soldier to Statesman The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari, which he authored. Lawyer and author Charles Omole has alleged that powerful figures within the administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari frequently planted stories […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju General Sani Abacha was a great teacher. He pioneered the doctrine of consensus candidacy in Nigeria. He founded a country of five political parties and when it was time for the parties to pick their candidates for the presidency, all the five reached a consensus that the […] Read more
By : Rotimi Agboluaje MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert is a renowned security scholar and former Director of the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies (IPSS), University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State. In this interview with ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE, he says Nigeria must deepen its ties with the United States of America and fix its […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By ERNEST OSOGBUE The recent coup de’tat in Guinea Bissau should begin to get all lovers of good governance in Africa worried about the fate of democracy on the continent. It has now become the vogue in recent years for impatient military officers to turn their guns against democratically elected governments. These officers, […] Read more
