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Home Run for Oshiomhole

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had barely finished announcing the result of last Saturday’s Edo governorship poll when I got a call to eat the humble pie. Senator Adams Oshiomhole, the man I called a product vendor in my last article, had pulled off

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Edo election: PDP’s self-inflicted anguish

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The Edo State governorship election 2024 has come and gone but, as usual, its reverberations will remain with us for some time to come. As expected, the All Progressives Congress (APC) that was declared the winner of the election has not only judged the election credible but also praised […]

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Yahaya Bello and EFCC’s circus show

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino If the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello tango were a contest, the latter would have won in a knockout blow that sent the anti-corruption agency to the canvas, hitting so badly that it may never recover, at least not soon. However, while the EFCC reels from […]

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The “owners” of Nigeria versus Jagaban Borgu

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There is a shadowy group of powerful Nigerians once described as the “owners of Nigeria”. They can be counted on our fingertips – not more than five of them. If you add their foot soldiers, then, they may be up to 10 or a dozen. They decide who rules […]

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EDO ELECTION: The evil called political structure; a lesson for Nigeria.

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2024

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. Buhari was the most popular individual candidate in all his failed attempts at becoming the President. He possibly would have won any of those elections had he competed with his competitors as independent candidate. Not until Buhari merged his structure with Tinubu’s to create the political party named APC was he […]

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When Medical Workers Become Licensed Killers

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2024

By Kazeem Akintunde The World Health Assembly, with the adoption of resolution WHA 72.6, in 2019, set aside September 17 of every year to be observed as the World Patient Safety Day. On that date, the global body recognizes the urgent need for a broad-based effort at reducing errors in medical diagnosis and treatment by […]