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Ladies: Why Men Always Ask You For Sex

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2025

By Aunty Omowunmi I want to change some ladies’ mindset today. You see, men are not dogs. Not all of them are mad. They are not all sex maniacs that once they see you, they descend on you and finish up before you could open your mouth and say no. Not all the men on […]

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Right of Reply: Re-Yusuf Tuggar’s Strategic Autonomy and Nigeria’s Non-Alignment Policy, Beyond the Dangerous Neighbourhood

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2025

By Oladimeji Badmus It’s good to see the Minister’s article on Nigeria’s foreign policy and its implementation has sparked a round of intellectual debate. Bola A. Akinterinwa article titled Re-Yusuf Tuggar’s Strategic Autonomy and Nigeria’s Non-Alignment Policy beyond the dangerous neighborhood published in the ThisDay Newspaper of 12th January 3025, is a healthy and

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Tributes to Comrade (Dr.) Segun Osoba at 90

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 Comrade (Dr.) Segun Osoba – remember him? He celebrated his 90th birthday last week Thursday at his country home of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state. Family, friends, comrades and students of the Marxist ideologue gathered to give him 90 hearty cheers. Comrade, as we fondly called him, was […]

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Nigeria’s budget and the paradox of democracy

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa In a publication released in 2006 with the title, Parliament and Democracy In the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Good Practice, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) identified what it called the “democracy paradox,” which it said, agrees with the postulations of Italian political theorist, Norberto Bobbio, who recognized what he called “the broken […]

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Trump’s Return And The Expected Turbulence In Global Politics

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde America’s President-elect, Donald Trump would be sworn-in as the 47th President of the United States of America next week Monday. The event, which will take place on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., would be Trump’s second inauguration as President and the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration. However, […]

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The Painful Silence: When Will Our Four Detained Journalists Be Free?

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2025

By Omotayo Ayanda As the new year unfolds, a haunting question lingers in the hearts of families, colleagues, and advocates: When will Olurotimi Olawale, Precious Eze Chukwunonso, Rowland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami be free once again? Since their detention in September last year, these journalists have endured separation from their loved ones, forced to spend […]