MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Kano Gov’t Orders Eviction Of Bayero From Mini Palace, Demolition Of Building Insists Sanusi II remains Kano emir The Kano State government has directed the State’s Commissioner of Police to evict the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, from the mini Palace in Nasarawa area of the Kano metropolis with immediate […] Read more
By Charles Ogbu. MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas As we celebrate 66 years since that literary colossus, Chinualumogu Achebe published ‘Things Fall Apart’ (TFA), a book that later became one of the greatest 20 books in history, it is important we use this opportunity to do some sober reflection on how far we have derailed as Ndigbo. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Susan Rice, a former UN Ambassador and National Security Adviser, NSA, to Barack Obama, has detailed in her new book, the last moments of the presumed winner of the June 12 presidential election, late MKO Abiola. “We braced for violence. Abiola’s sudden and mysterious death would hit like a bombshell in Nigeria’s […] Read more
BY AZUKA ONWUKA (July 15, 2014 MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas JULY 15, 2014 BY AZUKA ONWUKARecently, the National Conference unanimously adopted a return to the old national anthem, known as, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” To buttress their love for that anthem, the delegates rose to their feet in unison and sang its first stanza with glee. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In three days, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be one year in office. He will likely be scored low by public commentators, many of them young and impressionable, and Nigerians at the receiving end of the economic turmoil his economic policies have triggered. He has wisely not really commenced his agenda of social and […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas What is propaganda, misinformation and fake news? The terms ‘propaganda’, ‘misinformation’ and ‘fake news’ often overlap in meaning. They are used to refer to a range of ways in which sharing information causes harm, intentionally or unintentionally – usually in relation to the promotion of a particular moral or political cause or point […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Meghan Markle should leave those poor Nigerians alone The Sussexes have travelled to Africa in search of victim points. JOANNA WILLIAMSCOLUMNIST Meghan Markle returned ‘home’ last week. Not to her children and chickens in Montecito, California, but to Nigeria – a country where she has never lived, never before visited and has […] Read more
By Reno Omokri MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas When the Central Bank of Nigeria relocated some departments to Lagos, there was an uproar on social media. Tinubu wants to move everything to Yorubaland. But now that the Nigerian Navy is moving its training base headquarters from Lagos to Eleme, in Rivers State, there is silence online. Nobody […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas PRESIDENT TINUBU RECEIVES LEADERS OF AFENIFERE, SAYS ADMINISTRATION IS RESOLUTE IN ACHIEVING ECONOMIC SECURITY IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE SYSTEM FOR ALL NIGERIANS President Bola Tinubu says his administration remains undeterred in its pursuit of comprehensive economic security for the country while addressing foundational challenges and creating a fair and equitable system […] Read more
By Ayo Dada MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In Yorubaland, social events are more than a form of acknowledgement; it is an evocation of personhood and an affirmation of social belonging. When I first began attending social events in Yorùbáland. At such events, much time were spent addressing esteemed members of the audience. Often accompanied by drumming […] Read more


































