By Bolanle BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “If the problem is in the name or nomenclature employed by Utomi, then, we may have to search for a less “provocative” name, but no one should tell us that our democracy does not need a vibrant opposition or that the institutions in place at the moment are up […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “The bottomline is for the refineries to work – eventually. If they do not, President Tinubu should understand that former President Obasanjo is waiting around the corner to laugh him to scorn!” Reports that N90 billion was found in the account of one of the recently-sacked Managing Directors of […] Read more
By Punch Editorial Board MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas NIGERIA is teetering on the brink. From Niger to Kaduna, Zamfara to Sokoto, Borno to Kwara and Plateau to Benue, Islamic terrorists, bandits, and Fulani herders are painting the landscape with innocent blood. This must stop. The devastating attacks have intensified in the past month, Nigeria recording a […] Read more
By Prince Wola MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Kemi Badenoch once seemed like the rising star of UK politics—a British Conservative leader with Nigerian roots, hailed by some as a symbol of modern, merit-based success. But today, her political future is hanging by a thread. After suffering a devastating blow in the recent UK local elections—losing over […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “There is the saying, to wit, an elder running in the afternoon: if he is not pursuing something, something is pursuing him” As was wont our practice, we rubbed minds as those of us who were friends and aides sat at table with Governor Ayodele Fayose at Osuntokun House, […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas When vultures surround you, stay awake so that you do not die stupid death. Whether you are in business or you are in politics or you are anything of value, stay alive and stay alert. People shave people’s heads in their absence. In 1938, Britain was rumoured to have […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former NNPC boss Mele Kyari’s attack dogs that were unleashed on our podcast guest last Saturday–and the publication of a sponsored smear out of the show that masqueraded as a news story and replicated across major news outlets–opened my eyes into the crazy new world of the collusion […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The voters of Delta state did not defect to APC, only some PDP members did. They made a big bang of noise about it. All the members of the PDP did not even defect to APC as initially speculated. No, not even half of PDP members in Delta state defected […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The recent arrest of Aisha Achimugu, a high-profile Nigerian business executive and socialite, has ignited vigorous debates across Nigeria and the global community about justice, the rule of law, and human rights protections. The circumstances surrounding her detention raise urgent questions about due process, governmental accountability, and Nigeria’s commitment to fair legal […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “I am a defector, my dictionary defines the act of defecting as ‘abandoning a person or a cause, apostacy, revolt, backsliding.’ Not to put too fine an edge on it, I am a traitor…” (Joseph Frolik in ‘The Frolik Defection: The Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent’). If in 2003 […] Read more
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