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Dele Farotimi: Are The Guilty Afraid? By By Jibrin Ibrahim

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2024

THERE appears to be panic and deep pain in Afe Babalola’s actions since the publication and sales of the new international bestseller – Dele Farotimi’s book; Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System. It became a bestseller precisely because the all-powerful Mr. Babalola is determined

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The cockroach called Dele Farotimi (1)

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2024

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, December 13, 2024) The official name for cage fight is Mixed Martial Arts. Street fight, known as ‘ìjà ìgboro’ in Yoruba, is the bane of Ibadan people, says the panegyric of Oluyole, the city of brown roofs scattered among seven hills. MMA, I think, is organised […]

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Why Ghana’s Election Matters

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2024

By Azu IshiekweneThe news from Ghana was not how John Dramani Mahama’s opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeated Nana Akufo-Addo’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).The news was how Akufo-Addo managed to survive a full second term. Towards the end of his first and for much of his second term in office, he governed […]

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Keyamo, FCCPC: Sheathe your sword!

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” – Matthew 5:9. Dogs eating dogs and birds gnawing at each other’s innards is one way to describe the war of words between the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and the Chief Executive Officer of the […]

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Teachable moments in Ghana election

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino  Beyond their playful rivalries over jollof rice and football supremacy, Ghana and Nigeria share profound historical, cultural, and political trajectories that have shaped West Africa’s development. As Britain’s most significant colonial possessions in West Africa, both nations emerged from similar experiences under indirect rule,

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Don’t Pity Dele Farotimi!

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2024

Dayo Thomas(A journalist) The case of Dele Farotimi and Aare Afe Babalola is indeed a disturbing example of how state power can be misused to persecute individuals who dare to challenge powerful people in Nigeria. This case involves a dispute between Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola, with Farotimi accusing Babalola of exerting corrupt influence over […]