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Are Yoruba the ‘problem’ with Nigeria?

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 There are occasions when a writer sets out to write one thing but ends up writing something else. For me, this is one of such occasions! I have had many in the past, though! This time around, I set out to write on Kemi Badenoch’s differentiation

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Why Nigerians no longer want to pay tax (1)

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2024

By Hassan Gimba There is this hullabaloo that has enveloped the country, with debates all over, in some instances threatening to degenerate into fisticuffs. It is all about the Tax Reform Bills. Even though, after all is said and done, it may end up as an issue that signifies nothing but being blown out of […]

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Ageing And It’s Challenges

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2024

BY TOLA ADENIYI It was sometime in the year 2010, I was walking behind the celebrated World Court Jurist Prince Bola Ajibola on our way to the Ogun State Elders’ Forum meeting when the then 76-year-old Judge turned round and exclaimed: “Tola, nkan ti won n pe ni agba yi ‘o gaa o! ’ meaning […]

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The cockroach called Dele Farotimi (2)

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2024

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, December 20, 2024) Abomination! Market noise never drowns the marketplace. The dog never gets executed for barking, nor the ram beheaded for butting. The market takes no roll call and yet misses nobody: Ojà Òyìngbò ò mò pé énìkan ò wá. Daily, good and evil walk […]

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An Accidental Christmas Story

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene If I’ve learned anything these past 35 years of journalism, it’s looking for a story in every situation. It wasn’t different when I left home for the airport on December 14, except that this time, the story found me. My Uber driver started the conversation: “Are you Mr. Azu of LEADERSHIP?” he […]

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Why are Yoruba always the ‘problem’ of Nigeria?

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2024

By BOLA BOLAWOLE “And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house…” 1 Kings 18: 17 – 18). There are occasions when a writer sets out to write one thing but […]