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A Suicide Note to Tinubu: Ghost of June 12 Won’t Let Me Live

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Stanley Ojah I can’t sleep any longer. Several apparitive phone calls keep ringing in my ears. I can’t sleep, I can’t rest, and I can’t fathom the depth of the abyss those ‘phantoms’ are begging me to pull them out of. I am dying to help them live. My eyes

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Not a fodder for politics: Orire abduction & security challenges

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Tunde Rahman The recent abduction of schoolchildren in Ahoro-Esiele Community, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, remains deeply distressing. On May 15, 2026, heartless kidnappers abducted 38 schoolchildren, killing one teacher in a heinous assault on our nation’s security and educational system. The Nigerian Union of Teachers and students across

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Have WAEC and Amotekun overstayed their welcome?

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa, PhD (Published by the Sunday Tribune June 7, 2026) The lapses experienced by students across various regions during the May/June West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams in 2025 highlighted significant concerns within the examination body. Delays in delivering exam papers to schools and prolonged waiting times for students before they could begin […]

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​The Sunday Stew: The Mirage, the Shadow and the Resurrection: Here comes the Decoupling Sovereignty Index

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Max Amuchie There is a question that every serious student of state decay eventually confronts, and that existing instruments only partially answer: not whether a state is fragile, but how far the separation between formal authority and effective authority has progressed. The Fragile States Index measures fragility. Governance indicators measure institutional

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AI vs HI: The imperfection in excellence

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 5, July 2026) When citizens exasperatedly say ‘Nigeria is a plane on autopilot’ or when they dismissively say ‘Nigeria na cruise’, they are disclosing much more than the words reveal. They are lamenting a nation whose humanity has shattered, leaving a truckload of iciness in […]

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Fixing Nigeria: The Greatest Inheritance for Our Children

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2026

Nations can achieve remarkable development even without significant natural resources, provided they have strong institutions. However, strong institutions do not descend from heaven. They are deliberately built by patriotic leaders who are willing to subject themselves to the rule of law and place national interest above personal gain. Equally important, the citizens must