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Testing the will of the court: Who are Gov. Adeleke’s Advisers?

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2025

By Ismail Omipidan The popular saying, ‘Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver’ appears apt in situating what is currently playing out in Osun State, where our Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who promised to respect the rule of law, appears confronting the will

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Akpabio Acted Within the Province of the Law: A Case for Decorum in Legislative Proceedings

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2025

By Yusuf Ali The controversy surrounding Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s recent action regarding Senator Natasha Akpoti calls for a balanced perspective grounded in the principles of parliamentary decorum, constitutional law, and ethical integrity of the legislature. First, it is essential to acknowledge that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of

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The witches on Portable’s road to madness (2)

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2025

By Tunde Odesola As the crowd moved in the pillar of early morning fog, their song became discernible on the dewy road of the thickly forested Aji town. The road in front of Enwe Nwanjo’s house was that type of decades-long, durable earthen road built and maintained with townspeople’s sweat, long before government came and […]

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As Trump trumps everything in sight…

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 Recent happenings in the United States of America got me thinking; especially since the ascension to office, on Monday, January 20, 2025, as the 47th president of the United States of America, of Mr. Donald Trump. But more appropriately right from the party primaries and, […]

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Ribadu’s Fury Over Canada Visa Refusal

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene Many Nigerians experience visa refusal daily. They don’t need the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to invoke hell against any country to make the point. Unfortunately, Ribadu’s fury after the Canadian High Commission refused visas to Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and other officials for the winter Invictus Games […]

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Still on the Skills Rather than Just Degree Debate

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2025

By Kabiru Danladi, Ph.DDepartment of Mass Communication, ABU Zaria Jelani Aliyu is one of the most talented Nigerians that the country has ever produced and one of the best in the world. He is a model that every young Nigerian should aspire to be. He has accomplished a lot. Recently, I saw some people sharing […]