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Who needs an African pope?

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2025

By BOLANLE BOLAWOLE “Waiting for an African Pope” by my brother, Azu Ishiekwene, made an interesting reading. Azu’s immense fecundity, as usual, his flawless prose, and free-flowing minting and weaving of words will always be a delight anyday. “Waiting for an African Pope” ended while I

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Between Danjuma, Namadi and the Gospel of Self-Defence

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2025

By Hassan Gimba In a tête-à-tête with journalists last week, the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, openly disagreed with retired General Theophilus Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff and former Minister of Defence, over his advice to us Nigerians, to defend ourselves against those who have been killing citizens like Christmas turkeys and abducting and

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Pastor Ibiyeo-money: Get behind me, Satan!

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2025

By Tunde Odesola Wracked by a head-splitting fever and a head-aching red eye, this article may not see the light of day. But if it’s ever published, dear reader, know that this article is a product of pain, lethargy, tiresomeness and hissing. The meaning of headache is truly a pain in the head. When I […]

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Waiting for an African Pope

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene It’s nothing to laugh off, however tempting. If the movies imitate life, we may not be as far away from an African pope. It happened in The Conclave, a film by Peter Straughan released in 2024, based on the novel by Robert Harris.Through the intrigues, rivalries and scandals of the plot, Adeyemi, […]

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Of Stupidity, Show Of Shame And Shenanigans 1.

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2025

By Prof Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr There is something common in politics and with Politicians in this clime, it stems from the arrogance of power, it stinks to high heavens, it is shit in its worst form; that a few men and women play God, they assume that their egocentric predilections represent the collective will, […]

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This Mutfwang Has Much To Learn

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2025

By Femi Fani-Kayode Caleb Mutfwang, the Governor of Plateau, made a grave mistake by hosting the Ambassador of Israel, an ethno-fascist, genocidal, child-killing, terrorist & apartheid nation in his state. I watched the show of shame & almost threw up. As a Christian how does this Mutfwang feel about receiving mass murderers, ethnic cleansers & […]