MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The Ghanaian government has reacted to an allegation by a journalist, David Hundeyin, that the Nigerian government was pressurizing authorities in the country to extradite him back to Nigeria. Hundeyin had claimed that President Bola Tinubu, who doubles as the ECOWAS chairman, was seeking to get him extradited to Nigeria because he (Hundeyin) […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas THE Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece. The presiding Judge Rahman Oshodi, on Tuesday, October 24, found Olaleye guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas President Tinubu. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has refused to order top law enforcement agencies in the US to release confidential information on President Bola Tinubu. An American, Aaron Greenspan, filed a suit in June under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the Executive Office for U.S. […] 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 Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the federal government to ban the importation of Chinese adire into the country, to save the local market of the fabrics from Obasanjo begged the government to do its best to protect the local production of Adire from the imported Chinese Adire and all other things that could be […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Amid the ongoing crisis regarding the availability of fuel across the country, the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) now stands at approximately N625 to N630 per litre. Oil marketers continue to voice concerns about the mass shutdown of filling stations and the inability to transport petroleum tankers due to the skyrocketing […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen killing people in Southwest communities to vacate. Igboho, in a statement on Sunday, said while “we believe in the peaceful coexistence in Nigeria regardless of tribe, religion and political cleavages, we are issuing a seven-day […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Umar’s body was found dangling in a solitary place around Rumde-Baru neighbourhood of Yola, the state capital on Saturday. A Nigerian man, Mohammed Umar, who reportedly could no longer fend for his family owing to the prevailing hash economy, has taken his life in Adamawa State. Umar’s body was found dangling in a […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas In response to my September 30 column titled “Thought Subsidy Was Bad. Why is Tinubu Bringing it Back?” a Facebook follower of mine by the name of Anas Mundi asked, “So why is SLS [i.e., Sanusi Lamido Sanusi] always agitating for fuel subsidy removal? I […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, has presented what he described as “evidences” to show that President Bola Tinubu was not in charge of his government. In an interview with ChannelsTV on Thursday night, Bugaje pointed out Tinubu’s appointments of some individuals for various positions and subsequent withdrawals of same as […] Read more
