By Frederick Lugar This is a write-up that was written a while ago. It is worth re-reading again. The Fulani were originally all Berbers. A slightly darker relatives of the Arab tribe who Arabs treated with contempt. Most Berbers were forced to flee from North Africa by the full-blooded Arabs. Driven into the desert. Arabs […] Read more
By Dan Agbese MaTaZ ArIsInG Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me for two reasons. One, I have often wondered why the north which has ruled the country longer than all the other regions […] Read more
By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Its is pertinent to revisit this publication from the former Emir Lamido Sanusi to Mr. Buhari on January 19, 2020 on the recruitment and the salary of our soldiers as they are at the forefront of the fight against the terrorists and the so-called Bndits – Ayo Dada A Soldier salary […] Read more
By Tope Akinnola MaTaZ ArIsInG Ordinarily the question of whether getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is against the will of God or not is a no-brainer, but I felt that I should address it regardless. Recently, a popular evangelical pastor and author by the name Daniel Darling discussed how he got fired from his executive vice […] Read more
By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi In this week’s Saturday Tribune/Peoples Gazette column, I argue that the attack on NDA mirrors the dysfunction in Aso Rock, which was also breached in May this year. I also point to the increasing Sharia-defying “southernization” of the weddings of the children of elite northerners and its implication for Nigerian […] Read more
By Farooq Kperogi I really didn’t want to comment on Femi Fani-Kayode’s viral communicative primitivism toward Daily Trust’s Calabar correspondent by the name of Eyo Charles because of my knowledge of the state of Fani-Kayode’s mental health, but I’ve read senior Nigerian journalists on social media rail against the Daily Trust reporter for asking a […] Read more
BACK PAGE COLUMN By Michael West MaTaZ ArIsInG August 27, 2021 This is not the best of times in Nigeria. Many families are in financial mess as the means to meeting the basic needs: feeding, rent, medicals and children’s school fees, are getting harder by the day. It is not funny at all. Families are […] Read more
By Anonymous MaTaZ ArIsInG No one is saying it but the major reason why the US could not subdue the Taliban over the past 20 years is exactly the same reason why the USSR could not subdue the Mujaheedeen in the 1980s. The USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979 in order to keep Afghan Communists in […] Read more
By Oduche Azih MaTaZ ArIsInG I HAD FOLLOWED this story earlier from the perspective of the Nigerian media including government controlled outfits. It didn’t make sense then. It still doesn’t make any sense now. And now this, CLICK ON THE LINK TO WATCH VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/oduche.azih/videos/2981924062022738 published by the Israeli kidnap victims after they had regained […] Read more
By Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInG There are reasons why you should not believe the stories of the surrender to Nigeria troops of Boko Haram commanders, bomb makers and fighters. There are no independent verifications of the surrender story. There were no Nigerian or international reporters or media to witness and authenticate the story. None has […] Read more
