By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas My column on the back page of Saturday Tribune today: Nigeria is doddering on the edge of never-before-seen economic desolation, but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s major preoccupation is not to bring ministration to a badly hurting nation but to prosecute harmless, impoverished, malnourished, and undernourished minors of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has sought transfer of the casefile of 114 EndBadGovernance protesters from the police to his office. Mr Fagbemi also directed the director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to bring the adjournment date to an earlier date. “It has just […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas ‘Little girl’, Fani-Kayode hits UK Politician Badenoch over attack on Nigerians A Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has tackled Kemi Badenoch over repeated bashing of Nigerians in her bid to replace ousted former UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, as leader of the Tory party. In an interview with Mail Online, the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Tension is high in Enugu, the Coal City capital, following the killing of a popular Ogene musician, Igbo Jah, by a Police officer attached to the Anti-Cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command. MATAZ ARISING reports that angry youths are setting bonfires at the Obiagu and Asata areas of the metropolis […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Recall that not less than 16 youths were reportedly killed by gunmen during the Onwa Asaa traditional festival of the town. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections has reacted to the killing of 16 young men at Nibo community of Anambra State. While […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The first item that caught my attention on Facebook penultimate Wednesday was Mr. Nsikak Essien’s page. It reads: “Christianity is not a primitive accumulation of wealth, an obscene display of opulence”. The photograph of the Catholic Church’s Pope Francis blessing a white car followed. A horde […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In statement released by Felix Morka,National Publicity Secretary APC. The statement reads: “From the lavish comfort of his “proverbial glass house”, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former Minister of Transport and Governor of Rivers state, in a recent interview, berated Nigerian youth for not protesting “high cost of living” in the country to his […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above all: to thine own self be true…” It is from William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. It simply says do not deceive yourself – like the one with a sore in the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Tithe Collection is Yahoo- Daddy Freeze Criticizes Pastors Nigerian Media Personality And Social Critic, Daddy Freeze, Known For His Bold Takes On Religious Practices, Has Once Again Stirred Controversy With His Comments On Tithing. In a recent online video, Freeze, whose real name is Ifedayo Olarinde, condemned the practice of tithing, likening […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Lamido wondered if Tinubu had human empathy for opting to embark on a vacation when Nigerians wallow in economic hardship and insecurity challenges. President Bola Tinubu has been slammed by former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido for embarking on a two-week vacation in the United Kingdom, UK while Nigerians are suffering. […] Read more
