By Lasisi Olagunju (Published Monday, 02 January, 2023) MaTaZ ArIsInG “How can they change to a currency that is not in circulation?” my friend asked me. Nigerians and cynicism. Why would he say that the new currency notes are not in circulation? I have seen them. And why would he not say so? He countered. […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInG The rumour mill was abuzz recently with news that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his four other colleagues who constitute the G5 group of dissenting governors in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), had concluded negotiations with the candidate of the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) with a view to […] Read more
By Oduche Azih MaTaZ ArIsInG Interesting!I am right now watching the report on ChannelsTv News@10. No president of Nigeria deserves to join the masses in condemning a crime, murder, manslaughter or whatever SIMPLY because the story has gone viral. Of course he/she cannot convincingly proceed to wring his/her hand in apparent despair. Specifically, Buhari has […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 26 December, 2022) MaTaZ ArIsInG There is a trending video of a senile Paul Biya, President of Cameroon, at the just concluded US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC. He is called to deliver his speech after President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. He comes out, sits down and starts browsing […] Read more
By Bolanle Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG (Published on 25th December, 2022). Celebrated and accomplished journalists and writers, lawyers of immense stature, and professionals of all hues are stripping themselves and dancing naked on the altar of political partisanship; even those who pretend at calling them to order are no less guilty of similar offences! In writing […] Read more
By Farooq Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInG If the general election holds in February next year, one of three people will be declared president: APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu, PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, or Labour Party’s Peter Obi. Only a natural disaster, such as death, can change that reality. There is no foretoken of indications at the moment that […] Read more
By Bolanle Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInG President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, was quoted as saying in far-away Washington DC, United States of America, that he has done his level best for Nigeria! Can you imagine that! And can you beat it! It would appear […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInG There are many ways to skin a cat. No one is more aware of this than the Nigerian politician. If power seekers devote 10 percent of the time they spend meticulously planning how to grab power — if they devote just a tiny slice of that time to governance when […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju – Monday Lines MaTaZ ArIsInG (Published on Monday, 19 December, 2022) Muhammadu Buhari started his presidency with “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.” Will he end as a nobody’s man? Sometimes, and for some, it is gracious to maintain one’s lane, listen to your own vision, single, unattached. French […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInG This week’s column explores the complicated dynamic between the Buhari regime’s seeming Igbophobia and its praiseworthy completion of a major project that is dear to the hearts of Igbos, which GEJ’s “Igbo-friendly” gov.t had ignored and lied about: Buhari’s Second Niger Bridge Parting Gift to NdigboBy Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: […] Read more
