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JAMB: Is the age controversy still raging?

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 The appeal court gave a ruling in the case of the local government chairmanship tussle between the ruling PDP government and its APC predecessor government in Osun state: You thought that settled the matter, but it was the beginning

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Delivering differently: The FG’s drive to reform public sector procurement

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo A quiet revolution is unfolding in the often-noisy landscape of Nigerian governance, where reform announcements can feel as routine as rainfall. It is not wrapped in fanfare, nor driven by political expediency. It is measured, genuine, and gathering momentum in a place where reform has long been needed yet stubbornly resisted: public […]

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The Mischief in Fidelity Bank Bankruptcy Rumour

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2025

By Ikechukwu Amaechi Fidelity Bank Plc has dismissed as unfounded the story making the rounds that it is on the verge of bankruptcy following a Supreme Court judgment linked to a legacy $3 million credit facility granted by the defunct FSB International Bank in 2002. The bank made the clarification on Monday, assuring the general […]

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Sule Lamido’s inspiring journey from village aristocrat to world stage

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2025

By Zainab Suleiman Okino At the public presentation of Sule Lamido’s autobiography “BEING TRUE TO MYSELF” penultimate week, one could mistake the gathering for the formation of a new political party. The convergence of eminent personalities from both the governing party and opposition parties mirrored the ongoing political defections to the APC, which has become […]

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JAMB mass failure: Beyond JAMB, what next?

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Should we, then, return to the old system of institutions conducting admissions independently, as some aggrieved parents now advocate?” Controversies trailing the last JAMB UTME started ever before the examination itself had begun. Many parents complained that their wards were posted to distances far away from

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UTME Glitch: Before We Crucify Oloyede

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2025

By Kazeem AkintundeThe Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the sole body that organizes students’ admissions into higher institutions of learning in Nigeria, has been in the eye of a storm in the last few days. Trouble started for the examination body when it announced on May 9, that the results of this year’s Unified […]