By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo MaTaZ ArIsInG Why has Soyinka ignored INEC and Yakubu to focus on Datti Ahmed, who reacted to Mahmood’s bizarre handling of the presidential elections and suspiciously hasty collation of results? Wole Soyinka is my idol. Besides his illuminating literary works, he has been the embodiment of hope through the dark ages […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Veteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, said Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has reduced himself to a “boyiboyi” (common errand boy in local parlance ) for corrupt politicians. The Nwata Miss crooner was reacting to the playwright’s recent criticism of supporters of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party. Charley […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG “Dear President Joe Biden, please just trash the open letter by Chimamanda on Nigeria’s election once it gets to your desk,” Mr Onanuga stated. Bayo Onanuga, the spokesman for President-elect Bola Tinubu, has urged U.S. President Joe Biden to trash Chimamanda Adichie’s open letter requesting the American leader to hold off on congratulating […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Two Labour Party supporters have stirred reactions after donning a t-shirt of viral leaked audio of an alleged phone conversation between the party’s presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, and the founder of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo. Peter Obi was alleged in the said leaked audio to have described the 2023 presidential […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Renowned Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, AKA Falz has given reasons why he called out the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yabuku in his new song. He said the song titled ‘Yakubu’ is based on “his truth” about the elections. The Singer who decried the violence and manipulation that […] Read more
Leaked Telephone Conversation: Bishop Oyedepo Breaks Silence After Alleged Discussion With Peter Obi
MaTaZ ArIsInG Bishop David Oyedepo has debunked the claim that he had a conversation with Peter Obi of the Labour Party on canvassing for southwest votes ahead of the 2023 polls Oyedepo’s reactions followed the release of a leaked telephone conversation between Obi and the clergy by an online news platform According to Oyedepo, no […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Valentine Obienyem, media aide to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says the leaked audio of his principal’s conversation with David Oyedepo, founder of Winners Chapel, was edited out of context. In the audio clip, Obi appeared to be asking the cleric to speak to Christians to vote for him. “Daddy, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Since Saturday night when online news platform, Peoples Gazette, released an audio where Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, described the 2023 election as… Since Saturday night when online news platform, Peoples Gazette, released an audio where Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, described the 2023 election as a religious war, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG MC Oluomo: It Is Becoming Difficult To Stop Ndigbo From Retaliating – Ohanaeze Sends Message To Gani Adams.. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has pleaded with the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, to stop Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, from causing a strife between Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos State. Mataz Arising reports […] Read more
By Lekan Sote MaTaZ ArIsInG Those (mostly ex-military officers) who insist that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable also contributed to making Nigeria difficult to live in. Practically all military coups in Nigeria were staged largely by members of the same ethnic group, safe for few “outsiders.” The January 1966 coup was carried out mainly by […] Read more
