Monday Lines – By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG Ancient Oyo people found it very convenient to follow the Alaafin to Koso (where kings are made); they balked at following the Alaafin to Bara (the king’s burial place): Kòso ló se é b’óba rè; Barà ò se é b’óba lo. Nigeria’s politicians do not lick expiring […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInG In this week’s column, I show that while Tinubu is the sole target of Buhari’s naira recoloring policy everyday Nigerians are its victims, and Tinubu and APC governors are finding a way around the naira blockade: Buhari Burning Nigeria Because He Wants to Catch a BAT It was the […] Read more
By Bola Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG Poet Laureate, Prof. Niyi Osundare’s latest intervention best captures the mood of the moment. Aptly touted “Incompetence weds Corruption”, the first and the last statements fascinate me most. The first says: “Pepeiye nigba ti oo m’owe/Ki lo be lu’odo se?” Translated, it is a pointed question to the Duck, wondering […] Read more
By Farooq Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInG I was awoken on this side of the world by news of the reversal by the Nigerian Supreme Court of Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s primary election loss. I was already mentally prepared for it after the same Supreme Court affirmed Godswill Akpabio’s fraudulent primary win a few days ago. It’s […] Read more
By Bolanle Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG I never knew it was an interview; I had thought it was one of those “reactions” that reporters seek from members of the audience or those they think can help them flesh up or throw some insights into a story line they are pursuing – and I have done this […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG The naira exchange affliction of 1984 rose up a second time in 2022 and spilled into 2023 because it has always been the choice of Nigeria to submit to vultures. Don’t fail to listen to Chief Bola Tinubu who philosophised in Osogbo last week that despite the rains beating the […] Read more
By Wale Adebanwi MaTaZ ArIsInG WHOEVER wins the February 2023 presidential election in Nigeria would have done so chiefly because of, or, in spite of, Mamman Daura, the 83-year-old senescent nephew of President Mohammadu Buhari. This might seem an ostentatious claim or an inflationary attribution of power to a man whose only claim to it, […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInG Most Nigerians are not convinced that the 2023 elections will be free or fair. And they have good reasons for the pervading cynicism and doubt. In the lifetime of most who have been voting, they’ve never witnessed a free and fair election in their country. The growing scepticism as the elections […] Read more
By Bola Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG You must have watched the video trending on social media titled “Who handed over Nigeria to the Fulani?” Some answered by saying the departing British colonial masters handed over Nigeria to the Fulani. There is some truth in that assertion. But others, including this writer, have countered that the Southern […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG Listen to Senator Bola Tinubu Wednesday last week in Abeokuta: “If you want to eat palm kernel, put a stone on the ground; put a palm nut on it, take another stone and smash it on the palm nut. The nut will be cracked and the kernel will come out. […] Read more
