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OP-ED: World Leaders Must Re-boot Global Cooperation for Today and Tomorrow

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2024

By The UN Secretary General Final negotiations are underway in New York for this month’s Summit of the Future, where Heads of State will agree on reforms to the building blocks of global cooperation. The United Nations has convened this unique Summit because of a stark fact: global problems are

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Fuel subsidy: Enough of this pretence

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Whether we accept it or not, all is not well with the engine room of Nigeria’s economy. The petroleum industry sector, like other public sector administrations in Nigeria, remains shrouded in opacity and subject to meddling, contrary to established global protocols. From all indications, there are obvious contradictions in the inner […]

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Of LLies From The Pit of Hell: Name Calling And Other Matters Arising Within The Christian Ummah In Nigeria (Part 1)

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2024

By Simon Idoko IntroductionNigeria, a country with a rich diversity of cultures and faiths, has witnessed significant challenges in recent times. As a nation, we have grappled with issues that threaten our unity, stability, and progress. Within the Christian Ummah, a contentious debate has emerged, centered around the teachings of Dr. Abel Damina and other […]

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When Hunger, Malnutrition And Death Stalks A Nation

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2024

By Kazeem Akintunde “Hunger is the cry of a god and two gods do the humans worship – the head and the stomach …We know the body will survive without head Sustenance, but the Stomach, the god that rumbles and thunders when sacrifice is late, this God cannot be slighted” – Wole Soyinka Grace Udeme […]

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Who built Lagos?

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Someone called my attention to a post he had forwarded to me last week and said: “You must have seen the post I forwarded to you (he was not the writer)”. I hadn’t seen it and I said so. “Then, check it out!”, he barked at me. Continuing, he […]

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The slaughter slabs called Nigerian hospitals

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2024

By Tunde Odesola It was my father who wanted a physician for a son, I didn’t nurse the idea of becoming a doctor – not with my nonconformist nature which sees the wearing of ties in a tropical region such as Nigeria as a colonial mentality. I’ve never seen a doctor who doesn’t wear ties. […]