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At 66, Goddy Jedy Agba is still a child of providence

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2024

By Sufuyan Ojeifo He figuratively wears luck around his neck like an old, well-worn talisman. This cosmic token has helped to define his eon. For all 66 years of his compelling earthly journey and still counting, his life has been steeped in an abundance of God’s favour. This uncommon

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China, Nigeria, And Hostage Aircraft

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2024

By Dakuku Peterside, PhD. Every story has two sides, but when a country’s rep­utation as a sovereign and an investment destination comes under threat, it calls for im­mediate concern and action from its citizens and leaders. The recent unfolding of a concerning develop­ment has significant implications for Nigeria’s global standing as an investment hub. A Chinese […]

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Will the National Assembly ever come clean?

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Nigeria’s second arm of government, the Legislature, is in the eye of the storm again! Tongues keep wagging the National Assembly basically on two issues that keep recurring. The first has to do with its salaries, allowances, emoluments and perquisites, which many believe are out of this world and […]

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Mentally Stagnated Thug Called Ultimate Equal (Part 2)

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2024

By Erasmus Ikhide  SOMETIMES in 2010, I chanced upon this dubious human wreckage and a gun running land grabber at a birthday party in Benin, where he gleefully paraded Pump Action gun, proudly and shamelessly. Days later, my phone rang, pleading for me to stand surety for him, Ultimate Equal, at the Office of the […]

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Formal Education Would Have Cured Ultimate Equal’s Illiteracy

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2024

By Erasmus Ikhide I should have ignored the half-baked scoundrel and a notorious chronic illiterate without any known former education who goes by a sobriquet name, Ultimate Equal. In these few lines, I would be curing his uncouth, incoherent, his dubious being and his banal deficiency. I hope he gains a thing or two from […]

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The Desperation For Zukerberg’s Money 

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2024

By Kazeem Akintunde Facebook, a popular social media networking site in Nigeria, now known as Meta, on July 1st, announced that it would start paying money to skit makers, content creators and social media influencers with more than 5,000 followers. Mark Zukerberg is the owner of Facebook,  which he renamed Meta, after he bought the […]