MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday dismissed reports that he suffered a heart attack while in London. Wike, who said he travelled abroad to rest, threatened to personally send condolence letters to those who spread the false claims, joking that they would be the ones to […] Read more
By Eurasia Review MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Born just over a year ago as TerraHaptix, Terra Industries is Africa’s first serious contender in the high-stakes domain of autonomous infrastructure security. Armed with its line of drones, surveillance towers, and proprietary software, the Nigerian startup is breaking new ground—and breaking the mould. In June, Terra pulled off a feat […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu has approved a 6-month temporary ban on the export of raw sheanuts to curb informal trade, boost local processing, protect and grow Nigeria’s shea industry. Vice-President Kashim Shettima announced the president’s directive during a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The National Information Technology Development Agency said on Wednesday that big tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, and TikTok, deactivated more than 13.5 million accounts in 2024 as part of compliance with Nigeria’s Code of Practice for online safety. The announcement followed the submission of the 2024 compliance report under the Code of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by opposition politicians. Wike, speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday, asserted that the ADC is not a coalition, as widely reported, stressing that the movement of a group of individuals from […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Bashir Ojulari, has described the decision to operate the Port Harcourt Refining Company before the completion of its rehabilitation as ill-informed and sub-commercial. He also ruled out the sale of the refinery. Ripples Nigeria reports NNPCL on May 24 […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The refinery had last month announced its intention to supply PMS and diesel directly to petroleum marketers, retail dealers, manufacturers, as well as major players in the telecommunications and aviation industries, a move seen as a major disruption to Nigeria’s traditional fuel supply chain. 25 strategic partners In what appears to be […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas NIGERIA’s average daily crude oil output in June slightly exceeded the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota of 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd). The latest monthly crude oil report released by OPEC on Tuesday, June 15, showed that Nigeria’s crude oil output rose to 1.505 million bpd in June from 1.453 million bpd in […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas (Published in my TREASURES column on the back page of New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday, 9 July, 2025). “ They initially romanced SDP; then discovered that it was purportedly one of the many spare tyres of the very person they are trying to unseat! They then flirted with […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The EFCC has also arrested Jimoh Olasunkanmi, a former Managing Director of Warri Refinery. Umar Isa, a former Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has been arrested. He was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked […] Read more
