MaTaZ ArIsInG “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of Men” – Abraham Lincoln I am old enough to clearly remember thirteen Administrations from that of General Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975) to the current one of President Muhammadu Buhari (2015- to date), It is safe to say that none of these administrations came […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Oyewale Tomori in the now viral lecture to an Abuja Summit on the way we are in Nigeria is my biological Uncle. He is right only up to a point. The picture of his Utopia Nigeria – UT he romantically revered was that solely of the Yoruba Nation. It was not, and it […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in MaTaZ ArIsInG on Monday, 6 December, 2021) On Thursday, October 13, 2017, there was an uproar when the then World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, innocently announced that President Muhammadu Buhari asked his bank to focus its developmental programmes on northern Nigeria. “In my very first meeting with President Buhari, […] Read more
By Segun Tolorunfe Adeoye But I’ve been thinking about this alleged bullying that led to the death of the young man, Sylvester Oromoni at Dowen College, a private secondary school in Lagos Nigeria. I just remembered that it was by the grace and mercy of God that some of us did not die in Idoani, […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye (wole.olaoye@gmail.com) As Obafemi Awolowo University (Great Ife) marks its 60th birthday, I cast a wistful look at those best years of our lives when greying men were boys and grandmas were delectable maidens. I look back with fondness. “To look backward for a while”, says Margaret Barber, “is to refresh the eye, to […] Read more
By Marvelous Marvel Nnatu (Nov. 16, 2021) Two days ago I spent about 30 minutes on phone with a military General in the theatre of war in the North East. He spent time with tales of how he recaptured some towns from terrorists in the North East and how his troops are battle ready. As […] Read more
By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi The Buhari regime plans to hike the pump price of petrol to N340 per liter from February 2022. In today’s Saturday Tribune/People’s Gazette column, I expose the fraud in the justifications for the price hike: Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Malam Mele […] Read more
By Ayo DADA It is no longer news that Governor El Rufai of Kaduna state on Monday, announced that it would commence transition to four- day working week for civil servants in the state. The policy, according to El Rufai is to “boost productivity, improve work-life balance and enable workers to have more time for […] Read more
By Ayo Dada Abike Kafayat Oluwatoyin Dabiri-Erewa former member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives representing Ikorodu Constituency in Lagos State, now the incumbent Chairman/CEO of Nigerian in Diaspora Commission is a disgrace to public service and to Nigeria as a whole like many of her likes in high, powerful and important positions they occupy. We all know, and or remember, Itunu Babalola, […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 29 November, 2021) A month from now, it will be over for the year 2021; a new year will be born. The Bantu people say the road does not tell the traveller what lies ahead. Is that also true here? I do not think so. We have trodden this […] Read more
