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Lisabi Day: Using Culture As A Springboard For Development

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde The city of Abeokuta in Ogun State literarily stood still on April 5, during this year’s Lisabi Day celebration. An annual event meant to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Egbas, and in honour of their hero, Lisabi Agbongbo Akala, a warrior who led the resistance

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Where will Trump’s tariffs war lead our world?

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Undoubtedly, the United States’ President Donald Trump does not appear to be a man of peace. He does not even care to be seen as such. Trump is cast in the mould of someone who loves a fight and is always in the mood to engage in one. Where […]

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LG Autonomy: Who is taking Nigerians for a ride?

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa Published by the Sunday Tribune, April 13, 2025) Jubilation was in the air when, on July 11, 2024, the Nigerian Supreme Court gave its judgment in the landmark case brought before it by the Federal Government. Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) had filed a suit at the […]

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General Buhari as an Enigma

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2025

By Hassan Gimba On Friday last week, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former House of Representatives Speaker and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i, former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, and former Governor of Kaduna State Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, alongside other

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Letter to Alaafin Abimbola Owoade

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2025

By Tunde Odesola Ikú Bàbá Yèyé o! I hail thee, ‘omo ikú tí ikú ò gbódò pa’ – the child of death, whom death must not kill; omo árún tí árún kò gbódò se – the child of pestilence, whom pestilence must not strike. Sàngó incarnate, it is you I greet! The mighty one who […]

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Fake Outrage and The Making of the Uromi 16

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene It’s a most unlikely crime scene. I travelled by road from the Benin airport to Uromi, Esanland’s most significant town, for a wedding about three years ago.The fear of kidnappers is a constant worry for road users. I was nervous for nearly four hours of the taxi ride, especially as we turned […]