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And the next INEC chairman is…

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Two dangerous rumours grew wings and spread like wide fire in the harmattan haze last week, but thank goodness that the Presidency moved swiftly to shoot them down. The first rumour was that the government had given the Central Bank of Nigeria

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Lagos: The Burden Of A Commercial Nerve Centre

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Many residents of Lagos State who work on the Island but reside on the mainland, last week Wednesday, went through a harrowing experience after being caught in a deadly traffic gridlock that has come to define the essence of the city. As early as 2P.M. after a little rainfall that lasted for […]

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Why they are after Akpabio

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2025

By Clementina Daika In Nigerian politics, loyalty is not merely a virtue—it is a double-edged sword, a cross to bear, and sometimes, a noose. A man who stands firm with his principal will either be praised as a committed ally or seen as an obstacle to someone else’s inordinate ambition. In the latter case, such […]

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Uromi killings As A Paradox For National Insecurity

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa Apart from the Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan drama that was playing out in Kogi State, last week, the lynching of 16 travellers of Northern origin in Uromi Edo State on March 27 is one other news item that had hugged the cover of most newspapers. According to the story, 16 travelling hunters presumably from […]

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Rivers must not overflow, Mr President!

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2025

By Hassan Gimba This is a repeat. It was published on 24/12/2023. Readers may find it still relevant. Rivers, a state so rich because God blessed it with abundant crude oil and gas, is named after the many rivers that border its territory. Forty percent of Nigeria’s crude oil output is produced in the state. […]

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Much ado about Uromi

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; heaven themselves blaze forth the death of princes” – spoken by Calpurnia, Julius Caesar’s wife, in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. At first, I took little interest in the Uromi massacre for obvious reasons. How many of such assaults on our sensibilities […]