MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Nigeria’s path to sustainable economic growth has been fraught with challenges such as political headwinds, policy inconsistencies, and structural inefficiencies, but the economic policies put in place under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration in 2023 marked a significant change in approach, and the Renewed Hope Agenda, which prioritizes resource optimization, fiscal responsibility, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A Professor of Political Science, Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised President Bola Tinubu to avoid confrontation with the newly inaugurated 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump. Akinyemi gave this advice on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. “If I were President Tinubu, I would try to steer clear of antagonising […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Monday Lines 1 The United Arab Emirates has just held its Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Our president was there. A part of that event was the World Future Energy Summit which ended on Thursday last week. Saudi Arabia is holding a Smart City and Infrastructure Expo in September this […] Read more
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas We have been told that as we approach the end-time, there is nothing we shall not see or hear! All things become possible. Yinka Aiyefele told us in one of his songs that Ifa now shouts Alleluia (Ifa n ke alleluya). Now, in the ensuing melee over the appointment […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In this week’s Saturday column, I lay bare Emir Muhammadu Sanusi’s grouse with Tinubu and point out that contrary to what many people have said, his Wednesday speech in Lagos actually still defended the government’s cruel economic policies: Emir Sanusi’s Quid Pro Quo for His Friends Turned Fiends […] Read more
Monday Lines MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Lasisi Olagunju The oba under our law is not a king; he is a chief. That is why the law governing the appointment and removal of the oba and his ìjòyè is called Chiefs Law. The colonial government made it so. The oba was not recognised as king by […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas He specifically criticised both military and political leaders for their lack of efficiency and willpower in tackling these challenges. Retired General Ishola Williams, a former Commandant of the Army Signals, has spoken out against Nigeria’s security architecture, citing its ineffectiveness in addressing the growing issues of banditry and terror attacks. He specifically […] Read more
Dr Bisi Olawunmi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Now that the storm over Kemi Badenoch, the British opposition leader of Nigerian descent, is subsiding, it is time to critique the entire episode. Let me start with Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the one who ignited the fireworks. According to reports, she had reached out to celebrate Kemi, as she often […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas How many people know the difference between another year and a new year? When, on the eve of a new year we shout “Happy New Year!”, how many have an understanding whether the new year they are ushering in will be just “another” year or they actually want it […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas We say in Yoruba that if we do a census of slaves, slaves will be sad. History, an account of facts of the past, is always injurious to the health of sick nations. And, Nigeria is sick. We’ve all become ethnic nationalists – especially after the coming of the last […] Read more
