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Dangote, NUPENG, PENGASSAN and public interest…

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Written for ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 5 October, 2025). Two of my ardent readers and friends prevailed on me to comment on the on-going scuffle between Dangote refinery on the one hand

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I,too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters,

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Hassan Gimba (2) Whoever tells you prayers don’t work does not know nothing! Kai, this speaking like a Yankee wannabe has pushed me off my regular lane. By the way, who has even observed that – because of this fixation with wanting to get an American-branded new wife and parents-in-law, which will lead to American kids, has made me

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Fifth Columnists and The Futility of Negative Narratives Around The DSS

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Onyema Nwabueze, feminwabuking@gmail.com, Imo State For a while now, the DSS have earned commendations from unusual quarters across the country. It would rarely be a surprise especially to the average Nigerian, when commendations for Government agencies run with taxpayer’s funds, come from top Politicians and Government functionaries – these are usually considered

NEWS

Polaris Bank, NCF Expand Tree Planting Drive to Lagos, Ogun, and Kaduna States

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2025

Polaris Bank, in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), has extended its nationwide tree planting campaign to three key locations: The Lekki Conservation Centre in Lagos State, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State and Sardauna College Kaduna, Kaduna State. The initiative, first launched in 2024 during the Bank’s World

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Public Outcry as NGO Condemns Appointment of Mandy Kiss as Lagos Drug Abuse Ambassador

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2025

A wave of outrage has followed the recent appointment of controversial social media personality, Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known as Mandy Kiss, as an ambassador for the Lagos State Kicks Against Drug Abuse (LASKADA) initiative. The Prof Mercy Ade-Davies International Foundation (PMADIF), a notable Nigerian NGO focused on education, health, and gender advocacy, has

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Ex-President Jonathan: Why I Believed Buhari Could Have Stopped Boko Haram Easily

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2025

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he believed Muhammadu Buhari would have brought the Boko Haram insurgency to a swift end after assuming office in 2015, given the sect once nominated him as their preferred mediator in talks with the Federal Government. Speaking in Abuja on Friday at the launch of Scars, a memoir […]