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A Trade of Billions: Senators Allegations and Lawsuits Need Calls for Legislative Scrap in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2025

By Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies Re: Sexual Harassment: Akpabio’s wife storms court, demands N250bn from Senator Natasha Re: N100bn Suit on Akpabio over alleged Defamation – Akpoti-Uduaghan Natasha is demanding N100 billion in general damages and also N300 million to cover litigation costs.

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IBB: I-brahim B-abanla B-andit

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2025

By Tunde Odesola Moonless and mournful, the serene night was pierced by the hoots of an owl perching atop HillTop coven owned by the sad and sadistic Old Soja called Aibibi. In the bowel of his coven, the retired general lay crippled by the weight of his guiltiness, lips twisted out of shape like the […]

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Babangida’s Long Journey to Sorry

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene You cannot quarrel about how a man tells his story. It is his business. However, the pseudo-autobiography of the former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, is more than the retired general telling a story of his own life. A Journey in Service is a long, tortuous journey to penitence, which arrives at […]

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Gen IBB Babangida’s Book Launch Confession of Thursday, February 20, 2025: Mourning the Yoruba’s Loss!

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2025

By Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies On Thursday, February 20, 2025, Nigeria’s former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, launched his memoir, “A Journey in Service”. The book launch, which took place in Abuja, was attended by dignitaries from across the country. However, it was not the launch of the book that made headlines, but rather

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The Meaning of Boko Haram and the Contradiction of Babangida’s Book Launch and Library

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2025

By Prof. Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies On February, 20th 2025, General Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria’s former Head of State, launched his memoir, A Journey In Service. The book launch was accompanied by the inauguration of a multi-million naira library in Minna, Niger State. However, the juxtaposition of Babangida’s book launch and library with the activities of

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June 12: Who needs IBB’s confession?

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Some broken hearts never mend/Some memories never end/Some tears will never dry/Our pains over June 12 will never die! (Adapted from Don Williams’ “Some Broken Hearts Never Mend”). On the day former self-styled military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) celebrated his 70th birthday, I was in Minna, the Niger […]