Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Before Abuja, there was Lagos as our Federal Capital. And this is where I would want to believe that there is something about our North and Federal Capital Territories. Before independence and immediately after independence, Lagos had a succession of two ministers of Lagos Affairs, both were northerners. […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Taking on Tinubu’s minister who said Nigeria is broke and can barely pay salaries while the political elite luxuriate in obscene, sybaritic lavishness: Nigeria’s Not Broke; It’s Political Elites That are “Broque”By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi Minister of Budget and National Economic Planning Abubakar Atiku Bagudu said last week […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said Nigeria’s recent transition of power qualifies the country to continue to lead Africa’s democratic leadership. He said with elections over, past and present leaders and the electorate must work together for a better future. “Elections are over, and so we must move forward…Yes, we have challenges […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Says it’s time to build a great nation together. President Bola Tinubu has expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court’s decision in favour of the cases filed challenging his electoral victory, saying justice has been served. Opposition parties, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), along with their presidential candidates; former […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that Nigerians’ expectations were “thrashed” and that the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Bola Tinubu’s election in February 2023 was disappointing. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday, by the PDP spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, in the wake of the court’s ruling ratifying President […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court, which upheld his election as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. In a statement released on Thursday, Ohanaeze Ndigbo also called on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, the presidential candidates of the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Veteran journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu has declared that those who wish to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) can do so following the affirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s victory by the Supreme Court. He added that those who wish to remain in the opposition party are also free to do so. According to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The court said Olaoye’s selection did not follow did process and subsequently ordered the state government to conduct a fresh process to select and install the new Soun. An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has nullified the selection and coronation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso. The […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas A Nigerian woman died in the US and no one knew for over a week until neighbours raised alarm about a foul smell coming from her apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Uju Onyeyili, from Abatete in Anambra State, reportedly had an accident two weeks ago, and she is said to have gone home […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has described controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, as a Taliban in Nigeria. Ayodele said Gumi wants to use the issue with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to cause a religious crisis in Nigeria. In a statement by […] Read more
