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Stop Amplifying Terror: A Demand for Responsible Media and Public Commentary

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

By Dr. John Akindele Omirinde Public discourse on national security must be responsible and constructive. To those who lack substantive solutions to the existential threats of kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism, I urge you to refrain from distracting our security agencies and the Federal

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Many Mallam Farouk Among Us

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

By Adejare Ibrahim Who is Mallam Farouk? Aliko Dangote, in a press conference, alleged that a senior government official sent his four children to a secondary school in Switzerland at a whopping cost of 5 million dollars (an equivalence of 7.5 billion naira). A person of Dangote’s status will not just speak for speaking sake. […]

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Dan Agbese: A boss and a friend

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

By Dotun Oladipo There are two things I avoid when people I adore die: I don’t write tributes and I avoid their burial. Twice in the last few years I have broken the second one: Attended their burials. The first was for my father-in-law, Alhaji Suleiman Yusuf, who is better known as Salam Salam. The […]

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Police Orderlies, Senator Ningi, And His Scapegoats Theory

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central depicted a sorrowful figure last week on the floor of the upper chamber when he complained bitterly that his orderly had been withdrawn on the order of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He was amongst those politically exposed Nigerians, top business executives, musicians, and several others whom […]

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The Akpabio Synthesis: An Uncommon Statesman at 63

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

By Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr Nigeria is a country that produces noise faster than it produces true heroes. Politics here moves at a velocity that forgives very little and forgets even less. To survive is one thing. To matter is another. To matter for nearly two decades at the highest levels of public life […]

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Ribadu and Trump: A Lesson in Security Diplomacy (2)

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

By Hassan Gimba Last time, we parted with the following words: ‘So, with all this before us, where do we turn? How do we reverse the “curses”, catch our breath, and return to who we ought to be – security-wise – not merely to avoid Trump’s threat, but to make Nigeria once again a haven for […]