MaTaZ ArIsInG A mild drama is playing out at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos between operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, and official of Nigeria Correctional Service, NCS, over custody of the suspended Central Bank Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was arraigned today by the DSS for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG The blast in Ondo State, that occurred on the Lagos-Benin Express Way, caused a massive blaze with a thick black plume of smoke that engulfed the entire area. Written by Zaini Majeed As many as 20 people, including three children and a pregnant woman, have been reported dead after an oil tanker exploded […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Lagos State Govt Admits That #EndSARS Victims Mass Burial Contract Is Legitimate But… Despite earlier denials that no citizens died in the state during the #EndSARS protesters in October of 2020, the Lagos State Government has admitted that a contract was awarded for mass burial of 103 #EndSARS victims in the state. The […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG The first time I voted was in the 1979 general elections because I was not old enough to exercise my franchise in the first republic. This notwithstanding, I have critically studied what occured in the first republic as a student of Politics, economics, history and law. Premised on the above facts, I have […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to intimidate judges sitting on the petition challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. In a statement by Presidential Spokesman Dele Alake, Tinubu said that […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Mangwana, the Zimbabwe Permanent Secretary in the Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Service noted that Hundeyin, while carrying a Nigerian Passport, sought asylum in Ghana and travelled to Zimbabwe with same papers. The Zimbabwe government has explained why it arrested and detained a Nigerian investigative journalist and activist, David Hundeyin, at the Harare Airport […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG £1 = ₦1005$1 = ₦897€1 = ₦835 ATTENTION In case you don’t know the root cause of our problems today, please take time out and read below: As of 25/07/2022, the exchange rates were: £1 = ₦800$1 = ₦670€1 = ₦662 42 years ago, precisely on 25/07/1980 the exchange rate was:$1 = 0.80k […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has exonerated Harvey Funmilayo Ogunsanya, the UK-based Nigerian doctor, of sexual assault. The MPTS is a tribunal in the United Kingdom that adjudicates on complaints made against doctors, making independent decisions about their fitness to practice. Bola Aseyan, a Nigerian doctor also based in the UK, had […] Read more
by Ayo Dada MaTaZ ArIsInG As the plan of President Tinubu to hand out N8,000 to 12 million households for six months continue to ganner heated controversy, while some are saying it is a brazen attempt to divert public funds, others see this as an opaque arrangement which is reminiscent of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Isese Festival: Again, Soyinka blasts Sulu-Gambari, demands interventions from Tinubu, foreign nations Mr Soyinka, who satirically presented the emir as a model who must be exposed to the world, said religious bigots must be publicly condemned. The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, a professor, has once again criticised the emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, […] Read more
