By Simon Kolawole Gone are the days when high crude oil prices meant a lot to Nigeria, or should I say Nigerians. It used to mean a massive boost in our foreign reserves. This enabled the country to meet its foreign trade obligations more comfortably — without having to ration forex. We could also boost […] Read more

By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in MaTaZ ArIsInG on Monday, 28 February, 2022) Kabiyesi means ‘we dare not question him.’ The nearest to its meaning is what my Hausa friend does with effusive ‘Ranka dede’ at the feet of his lord. The above headline should actually be ‘Nigeria’s Kabiyesi politics.’ That is what the Nigerian president […] Read more

By Basil Okoh Europe lives in dangerous denial on Ukraine as it balks on applying the more devastating and economy crippling sanctions against Russia, an implacable aggressor determined to tear down a free and independent Ukraine. The hypocrisy of the leading countries in the EU is galling. Ukraine is being destroyed before the eyes of […] Read more

By Wole Olaoye Greed is the king of all vices. It blurs the line between the bottomless desire for more and the natural human drive to succeed. It afflicts its victim with a passion for endless wants. Rivers have been flowing to the sea from the beginning of time but the sea will never be […] Read more

By Lásisi Olagunju (Published in MaTaZ ArIsInG on Monday, 21 February, 2022) There was a man in London 300 years ago called Jonathan Wild. He lived at a time robbery and violent crimes were rampant in the city – day and night. The people were helpless and the police were largely absent. And because nature […] Read more

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Please stop! I just saw a five-year-old girl dancing at her birthday party on a thick carpet of dollars and Naira Please stop! That was after seeing the little boy of no more than four, wearing a ‘Billion Dollar Gang’ neck chain, swigging from what looked like a bottle of beer while […] Read more

By Basil Okoh Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele’s life took a new turn on 4 June 2014, the day he stepped into the arcane grounds of the Central Bank of Nigeria Abuja in 2013. That day he took upon himself the charge of managing Nigeria’s monetary policies and commonwealth. Before that date, Godwin Emefiele had been managing […] Read more

By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi In today’s column, I show how FUTO VC Nnenna Oti’s ridiculous lawsuit against ASUU is a golden self-own that will reveal her fraud for the whole world to see. I provide evidence for why Pantami’s fraudfessorship is corruption and abuse of power. I also talk about the ongoing strike and […] Read more

By Farooq Kperogi Omoyele Sowore turned 51 yesterday. I want to use the opportunity of this milestone in his life to acknowledge a few things people rarely know about him. There are many people who take issue with his politics and methods, which is fine, but one thing no one can take away from Sowore […] Read more

Michael West MaTaZ ArIsInGFebruary 18, 2021 The reality is staring at us in the face about complicated marital issues bedeviling many homes these days. In the ages gone by, divorce was nearly a taboo. It was like a stigma which was considered a dent on the family name and as an aberration against the conjugal […] Read more