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Rural Churches, BetNaija and Ogogoro Pastors

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2024

by Idang Alibi If Jesus Christ does not tarry till the End Time but comes any of these days and sneaks incognito into many of the rural churches of Nigeria, he will, surely, be shocked by many of the things he will see and hear. In fact, he will, in no time, be turned aghast […]

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PBAT: Are Christians in Nigeria Safe in 2024 Christmas?

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2024

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. The 7th of December 2024 was 348 days from the terror killings that started on the 24th to the 26th December 2023; this is just 17 days to the completion of the circle of 365 days to make a year of the criminal killings on the Plateau are yet to abate!A […]

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No longer innocent until proven otherwise…

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail. 0705 263 1058 “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others but remains more of a slave than they are” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau. One of the (once-upon-a-time) immovable pillars of our justice system is that a man is presumed innocent until otherwise […]

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Kemi Badenoch’s hate for Nigeria, by Femi Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2024

“I find it interesting that everyone defines me as a Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with my specific ethnic group. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Being Yoruba is my true identity, and I refuse to be lumped […]

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Sanusi: Radical Emir In A Conservative City

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2024

By Kazeem Akintunde I have had two close encounters with the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll. The first was in Saudi Araba, during the 2015 hajj, and the second was in Kaduna, in 2021. The Saudi Arabia meeting was when he was appointed as the Amirul Hajj (leader of delegation) for the year’s hajj. […]

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Cry not, North, Smell the Coffee and Act (2)

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2024

By Hassan Gimba The North and its leaders seem happiest and satisfied when led by the nose. As in every election cycle, vote seekers would come and put a black liquid in a syrup bottle and, with fanfare, tell you they have gotten “crude oil” so we can re-elect them or that they should elect […]