by Dr Wumi Akintide Contributor – Ayo Dada MaTaZ ArIsInG Whatever anyone says about Matthew Aremu Olusegun Okikiolu Obasanjo, he would, till his death remain a constant factor in the Nigerian Equation but more so in Yoruba Politics, as one of the distinguished sons of Oodua despite all of his human failings like the rest […] Read more
By Oduche Azih MaTaZ ArIsInG This is a basic economic fact, not because Dr Pat Utomi said so. Hence we cannot claim to have suddenly become aware of this FACT which is (even) being vigorously disputed by the Federal Government. Hear Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Silva. It has been real torture watching […] Read more
By Charles Ogbu MaTaZ ArIsInG Northern Nigeria is a tragic paradox. A walking contradiction, I mean. For over 40 years, the North has ruled Nigeria and controlled every aspect of her national life. The current President of Nigeria is from the North and virtually every security agencies in Nigeria including the paramilitary ones are in […] Read more
by Chris O. Maduka MaTaZ ArIsInG August 4, 2021 The Southern Nigeria Frontier, SNF, has described the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, as a national security threat, noting that it would confront CNG if the Federal Government failed to call the group and its members to order. SNF’s warning is coming on the heels of group […] Read more
By Farooq Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInG As with everything Nigerian, the Abba Kyari/Hushpuppi fraud case has taken on a predictably ethnoreligious hue. I’ve read some people claim that Kyari is being targeted by America because he is a Muslim. Ha! Well, Hushpuppi is also a Muslim. His full name is Ramon Olorunwa Abbas. Most Muslims will […] Read more
By Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInG Northern Nigeria is not ready to relinquish power even after President Muhammadu Buhari leaves as president in 2023. This aught to be obvious to the politicians of the South, particularly the Niger Delta variety where Atiku Abubakar and Bola Saraki have been junketting and prowling recently. Bola Saraki and Atiku […] Read more
By ABIODUN OSIYEMI CASE REVIEW IN MY OPINION SETTING ITEMS ABLAZE IN THE SUPERMARKET Review of the Video Clip showed that the girl set ablaze some items below the cooking gas cylinders The item set on fire further exploded and led to explosion of the cooking gas cylinders. VERDICT:The Action of the girl is called […] Read more
By Funmilayo Apata There’s something called BBC Persian. What they did was over the years to gather followers claiming they speak for Persian speakers. Closer to home, BBC has been in the state formerly known as Nigeria since the 1950s, they provide the BBC Hausa service. They are based in Kaduna. For some reason they […] Read more
by Basil Okoh – MaTaZ ArIsInG Someone should advice Muhammadu Buhari and his mouthy “Presidency” not to take on the Yoruba in any fight over Sunday Igboho. The capacity of Yoruba media for trouble and sheer nuisance is legendary and Buhari should know it. They drove his friend Sanni Abacha nuts and on to an […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on MaTaZ ArIsInG on Monday, 26 July, 2021). Deep, dark secrets are snakes; they shed old skins to torment their keepers. So it is true that some Nigerians received non-Nigerian Fulani outlaws into our forests? The Emir of Muri in Taraba State, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, spilled the beans last week. He […] Read more

































