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Ojude Oba: Farooq’s far look beyond the grave

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2024

By Tunde Odesola The flamboyant Ojude Oba festival of flourish and colours is nothing but the cat’s pyjamas. The lavishness of the Ijebu and their thriftiness are bemusing contradictions. As a matter of fact, the Ijebu and their intimidating panache are just the cat’s meow. Pomp, power,

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ILORIN’S OLUFUNMILAYO RECORDS STORES: NOTHING BEATS COMMITMENT

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2024

Is’haq Modibbo Kawukawumodibbo@yahoo.com If you don’t look closely enough, you probably might not even see the signpost. But, it has been there for decades now, at No 12 Murtala Muhammed Road, Ilorin. Olufunmilayo Record Stores, Producers & Distributors of Local, International Audio/Video, CD & DVD Cassettes. I have always wanted to check in on Mr. […]

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Rishi Sunak’s Next Life

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came to the job as an afterthought, yet his days in Number 10 were numbered before he received the ceremonial blessings of King Charles III. For a long time after Brexit, the Tories and sections of the British public, still in post-Brexit ecstasy, were madly in love […]

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Ilorin: Pains And Gains Of Urban Renewal

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2024

By Is’haq Modibbo Kawukawumodibbo@yahoo.com The buzz statement in Ilorin today is urban renewal. The indicators are becoming a dominant point of discussion in the city, on social media platforms, as well as in political society. Those who oppose what’s becoming a very notable expression of public policy describe it in very negative frames and strongly […]

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Nigeria’s unknown, unsung, and unlionized heroes

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 While marking his second June 12 or Democracy Day last June 12, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu tried to remember the labours of our heroes past, so that their sacrifices may not appear to have been in vain. Good as his intentions were, he, nonetheless, stepped on toes. He […]

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Two strange fires and matters arising

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Two strange fires struck in two far-flung areas of Lagos last week; one at the headquarters of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy church at Oregun and the other at the fledgling refinery of Africa’s touted richest man, Aliko Dangote. Who dunnit? If the fire at Christ Embassy can be […]