MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The presidency has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu would emerge victorious at the tribunal on Wednesday. The Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal is reported to deliver its verdict on cases brought against President Tinubu by PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi during a live broadcast on Wednesday, September 6. Reacting to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas PART 1: In 1998, a 21 year old Nigerian soldier named Hassan Adeyemo from Ibadan met and fell in love with an 18 year-old beautiful Hausa girl from Bauchi called Sarah. It was love at first sight. They got married in 1999 and God blessed them with a beautiful daughter in 2000. After […] Read more
By Emmanuel Oluwatomisin Afolabi MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has assured Nigerians that the naira will soon become stronger. Pastor Adeboye said those glorious days when the naira was stronger than the dollar would return. He spoke during RCCG’s monthly Thanksgiving service on Sunday, themed […] Read more
By Bolanle Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas In many States of the Federation, the story is the same: State governors treat Local Governments as appendages and not the independent third tier of government that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) proposes them to be. The three tiers of government in the awkward Federal system that we operate are […] Read more
Festus Adedayo MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Prof Akinwumi Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura (1981), his first play written in 1961-62 while he was a student at the University of Ibadan, is highly celebrated. It is a historical drama which reflects proceedings of the 19th century reign of the heroine, second Iyalode (Queen of women) of Ibadan, Efunsetan Aniwura. Aniwura […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Niger’s top diplomat said ECOWAS was determined to take military action if the putschists who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum didn’t stand down, in remarks published Friday in a Spanish newspaper. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed heavy economic sanctions on Niger after the July 26 coup and said it would consider military interventi... Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas President Bola Tinubu has recalled all Nigeria’s ambassadors — career and non-career — says Minister of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. The minister confirmed the recall of all ambassadors on Saturday in a statement by his SA, Media and Communications Strategy, Alkasim Abdulkadir. On Friday, September 1, 2023, the president was reported to have recalled […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas I resent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s person and politics but that should not stop me from pointing out the obvious falsehood being amplified lately that he didn’t graduate from Chicago State University. That’s the way I roll: I defend the truth and expose falsehood no matter whom it helps […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas He also stated that at the time, Nigeria earned over $80 billion per annum in its coffers, compared to the figure now of around $25 billion. Olawale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has asserted that Nigeria’s economy last appeared stable about a decade ago, during former President Goodluck […] Read more
President Bola Tinubu has said the removal of President Ali Bongo of Gabon has confirmed his fears that the activities of coup plotters in Niger Republic will set a bad precedent for other African countries. During a meeting with members of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His […] Read more
