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2027: The Whistle Is Blown, Buni’s Investments and the Kuje Threat

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

By Hassan Gimba The four-year cycle in our democratic journey is here once again. The whistle for the next round of elections has been blown with the release of the campaign timetable. Across the nation, contestants from different political parties will soon go all out to convince the

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Atiku’s Subsidy Push and Echoes of Desperation

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

By Tunde Rahman Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s new policy shift toward bringing back the fuel subsidy is a welcome return to proper political debate and the path of rectitude. It contrasts sharply with his futile search for forged certificates and drug indictments in the run-up to the 2023 election and his latest goof about President Tinubu’s […]

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Subsidy removal: Tinubu, Atiku’s loyalists must come to the table with clean hands

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa, PhD (Published by the Sunday Tribune August, 30, 2026) As humans, we cannot, not communicate, so the communication experts say in the popular Axioms of Communication. By that, they mean that human beings possess an innate ability to talk. Man is a talking animal, so says Holly Weeks, an adjunct lecturer in […]

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The Dotun Oladipo I Knew

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2026

By Rasheed Bolarinwa The news of the passing of Dotun Oladipo hit me this morning with a profound sense of loss. Nigeria has lost a distinguished journalist, media entrepreneur, and advocate of ethical journalism. But beyond the public tributes and professional accolades, I have lost a friend, ally, confidant, and brother. My relationship with Dotun […]

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Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III: A Sultan for All Seasons 

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene It was five years on Tuesday since I wrote a tribute to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, who was 65 at the time.  Our paths first crossed after he was named Sultan following the tragic death of his brother, Muhammadu Maccido, in the 2006 ADC air crash in which […]

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After Obey and KSA, will Fuji bury Jùjú? (3)

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, August 28, 2026) If wishes were horses, 1975 would have been the end of King Sunny Ade’s music career. It was the year a Lagos High Court slammed KSA with a nine-month ban, forbidding him from recording music. The ban followed a dispute between KSA and […]