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Nigerians As Conquered, Recolonised And Enslaved People

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2026

By Iduh Onah NIGERIA is frequently celebrated as the ‘Giant of Africa’. Nigeria is a nation richly endowed with human and natural resources – huge intellectual capital, a vibrant youthful population, immense cultural diversity, fertile agricultural land, and a seemingly limitless oil wealth.

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Borno’s Askira-Uba school children: The abduction Nigeria chose to ignore 

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2026

By Zainab Suleiman Okino In a conversation on the now-ubiquitous insecurity involving the abduction of schoolchildren, I asked an acquaintance what she knew about the abduction of 42 pupils from Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Mussa, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, by alleged Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. She told me outright she had […]

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Opinion: Sen Yayi, Ogun West and a Model for Ogun State: Three Years of Unprecedented Representation

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2026

By Kayode Odunaro By June 9, 2026 Senator Solomon Adeola would have been representing the people of Ogun West senatorial district for three years in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. For this ranking parliamentarian popularly called ‘Yayi’ by his admirers across board, his representation is nothing short of unprecedented on all scores, a […]

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The Heroes We Ignore

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2026

By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D. When Nigerians think about national security, they think about soldiers. They think about troops advancing through difficult terrain, fighter jets pounding enemy positions and dramatic gun battles. What they rarely think about is intelligence. Yet intelligence is where victory usually begins. Before the arrest comes surveillance. Before the rescue

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How I returned from the Gate of the other World (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4): Readers’ comments (II)

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Hassan Gimba Salam Hassan just finished reading the trilogy with a teary eye. I must confess I don’t remember my getting you a contract in 1994, but I remember that your late father, one of the most humane persons I have met, tied our hands together. But most importantly, what your late mother did […]

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Kidnapping And A Nation On The Edge

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde It’s been over three weeks since seven teachers and 39 pupils were kidnapped during coordinated attacks at Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community High School, Ahoro-Esienle, and LA Primary School in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Friday, May 15, 2026. Michael Oyedokun, a Mathematics teacher was brutally murdered […]