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Remembering Anenih: An encore of my last year’s eulogy

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2024

By Sufuyan Ojeifo [LAST YEAR, AS I WAS WONT TO DO, I WROTE A CELEBRATORY PIECE ON THE LATE CHIEF TONY ANENIH IN REMEBERANCE OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES TO MARK HIS FIVE YEARS OF DEPARTURE TO THE “HEREAFTER” OR THE “AFTERWORLD” [HEAVEN] A LA PROFESSOR ALI MAZRUI’S USAGES OR COINAGES IN HIS

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Minimum Wage: The Hypocrisy Of State Governors

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2024

By Kazeem Akintunde Nigerian Governors could be described as a special breed. Special in the sense that they listen and follow whatever comes to their heads without thinking it through. Just last June, when the federal government was negotiating a new minimum wage with labour leaders in the country, they came out with a statement […]

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Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffle: The good, the bad, the ugly…

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The much-awaited cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came last Wednesday but I will be surprised if the shape and character of the reshuffle did not disappoint many. Most of the new names qualify as unknown quantities. Add this to the fact that many of the existing cabinet […]

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I saw Makkah and wept; you would, too

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2024

By Hassan Gimba My recent visit to the holy city was the second time I was there, courtesy of the benevolence of Honourable Mai Mala Buni, the governor of my state, Yobe. The first was when I was practically wheeled there as a result of a debilitating illness that required first-class medical treatment. The recent […]

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Pasuma, Currency and Super Eagles’ humiliation (2)

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2024

Tunde Odesola From the bottomless depth of Yoruba divinity, I fetch the myth of Ajala, whose popular name is Obatala. Ajala is the heavenly Potter tasked with the duty of moulding human heads. Ori is the Yoruba word for head. Ori encases destiny. In Igbo cosmology, a person’s Chi, like Ori, is a personal spiritual […]

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Lola Ade – John -Good bye to jati jati ?Oh !

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2024

By Wale Ojo-Lanre The former Minister of a Stand alone Tourism Ministry ?Happy she has been sacked ?Oh ye mockers, gather here and let’s dance! Let’s celebrate, for the lady is gone. Yes, that lady we conspired against, whispered about secret corners, and wrote countless articles to discredit.Remember how we even wished her dead when […]