MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Ahead of the commencement of nationwide campaigns, HERE the list of presidential candidates and their running mates to help Nigerians become familiar with those seeking the country’s highest office. Nigeria’s race to the Presidency has entered a defining phase as 19 presidential candidates and their running mates prepare to battle for the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) for the 2027 election, Donald Duke, has claimed the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project may never extend beyond Epe in Lagos State. Speaking on Tuesday during an interview on Prime Time, an Arise Television programme, the former Cross River State governor contended that […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Senator Rufai Hanga, the Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate, representing Kano Central Senatorial District, has resigned his membership from the Nigerian Democratic Congress NDC. Hanga announced his resignation in a letter dated August 3, 2026, addressed to the Ward Chairman of the NDC in his ward. In the letter, the senator said […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, says he regrets his past admiration for former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The remark comes following the resurfacing of a long-running feud between Obasanjo and Atiku. On Friday, Obasanjo described his decision to pick Atiku as his running mate in the 1999 presidential […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas SOUTH African Grammy-winning singer Tyla has removed Lagos from the publc itinerary of her APOP World Tour following days of online backlash and calls for a boycott over renewed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. A check by The ICIR on the singer’s official tour website on Friday, July 31, showed that the Lagos concert, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, strongly defended his administration’s handling of Nigeria’s economy and security, declaring that the country has been rescued from the brink of bankruptcy while assuring Nigerians that terrorism, banditry and kidnapping will ultimately be defeated. Nigeria oil market The President also dismissed concerns over the integrity of the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas When the 2023 presidential election results were announced, many analysts and commentators gave a largely unanimous verdict regarding the voting pattern in the South-East. The region had voted almost entirely along the ethnic line. The figures told part of the story: Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party swept the zone with over […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Lagos State Deputy Governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has dismissed speculation that he entered into an agreement to serve only one term if elected governor, insisting there was never such an arrangement. Speaking in an interview, Hamzat described the claim as […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that the President Bola Tinubu administration has only now embraced an electricity policy direction he advocated more than two decades ago, arguing that the government spent nearly three years worsening Nigeria’s power crisis before […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Fresh controversy has erupted over former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s political role ahead of the 2027 general election, with the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum accusing him of secretly working to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. Obasanjo’s former Political Adviser, Dr Akin Osuntokun, however, insisted the ex-President is the architect of the Peter Obi-Rabiu […] Read more
