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Sustaining EFCC and ICPC rebound: A critical analysis

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2025

By Zainab Suleiman Okino The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has persistently drawn sharp criticism for its glaring lack of proactivity, blatant politicization of investigations, and troubling predilection for media trials of alleged offenders. This unfavourable perception isn’t

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And the man died…

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 So sure of itself, Google boasts that we “Ask anything”; so I asked, “Why do people die?” The answers it gave are as interesting as they are intriguing. Google says “people die for a variety of reasons” and these, according to it, include aging. “The most common cause of […]

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How to handle a cheating wife

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2024

By Aunty OmowunmiIt’s always gladden my heart to see men securing their homes instead of giving up. I don’t support infidelity in marriages but finding solutions is very crucial, especially when a cheating wife remains responsible and not repeating such mistake If you suspect your wife is cheating, you can try these steps: Confront her […]

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2024: A Wonderfully Tough Year

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2024

By Kazeem Akintunde In the next 48 hours, we should be saying our final goodbye to the year 2024. It has been one hell of a journey navigating through the year for most Nigerians. Many have died, millions of others are struggling to keep their heads above water. Still, we should give thanks to God […]

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Ex-Queen Naomi and beheaded skulls in Mògún shrine

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2024

By Festus Adedayo In my piece of last week, I made a tangential reference to the place of African magic in modern matters. It was in the discussion of the calamity that befell Nigeria a few days to Christmas. Ibadan, the capital city of the Yoruba, had taken a sizeable chunk of the tragedy. Thirty […]

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Why Nigerians no longer want to pay tax (2)

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2024

By Hassan Gimba There is no doubt that trust was the main determiner in making earlier citizens pay taxes willingly. There was trust in the leadership of the day and the knowledge that the taxes collected would not be misappropriated. Now, even the gate man in a motor park or market sees the tax he […]