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Ministering to Maalu with 774 heads

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2024

By Festus Adedayo (Published by the Sunday Tribune, July 14, 2024) The Iloko, offspring of Arelu, (Iloko Omo Arelu) are held in awe in Yorubaland. For a people who fought one another in internecine wars that began in 1793 and lasted for almost a century, Yoruba give effusion of reverences to

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Exploring the prospects for sustainable youth engagement in Kano State

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2024

By Eng. Ali Goni One of the biggest problems confronting several major cities in the country today is the severity of youth redundancy and the resulting impact on the social setup. The situation is far more serious in cities where hitherto functioning factories which were engaging many capable youths into remunerative employment have largely now […]

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Ajibola Ogunshola: Triumph of the non-newspaperman

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene I’ve written this before. Ten years ago, but this man’s story is new every time. To me. And to many who have crossed his path. On his 80th birthday on July 14, I’m repeating this story with the zeal and delight I shared it ten years ago:  If the lot had fallen on […]

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Ali Ndume, The Rant Of An Expert In Grandstanding

Daily Dispatch July 12, 2024

By Dr. Daniel Bwala There is a common cliché that, it is always painful where one expects wisdom and discernment to prevail, it is indiscretion that take order. In recent times, I have taken my time to observe happenings within the polity. I have been vociferous, many times, against people’s views, especially those who have […]

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How I quit smoking (1)

Daily Dispatch July 12, 2024

By Tunde Odesola Now that my father and mother are dead and have gone to where the elderly go to rest their bones in death, I can confess my cigarette addiction. Not that either could put their hands on a Bible and vow that their firstborn was a nicotine-free teetotaler, but both card-carrying Christians thought […]

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Different Shades of Labour, Dangote’s New Voice, and Akpabio’s Condescension

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino UK Labour vs. Nigerian LP A day after the UK election, results were announced, and the Labour Party gained the majority. The government transition moved swiftly. Ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took responsibility for the Conservative Party’s devastating blow, moved out of 10 Downing Street, and that same day, Keir Starmer, the […]