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The Devastating Legacy of Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal: A Year of Economic Woe (Part 1)

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2024

By Erasmus Ikhide EXACTLY one year ago, on May 29, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made a fateful decision that would plunge Nigeria’s economy into absolute chaos. With the removal of fuel subsidies, the price of petroleum products skyrocketed, leaving citizens reeling in pains and

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The Pathologies of a Throne

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene For the deposed Kano Emir, Aminu Bayero, it was not a matter of if but when. The moment the Supreme Court upheld Governor Abba Yusuf’s election in January, Bayero knew the governor would need the throne to pay his debt.  During the campaign, the governor promised that if he were elected, he […]

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Still on Tell Tinubu: Ondo State is angry!

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last week here in this column (TREASURES column, published in the New Telegraph newspaper of Wednesday, 22 May, 2024), we warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to beware because Ondo State people were unhappy with the measly offering he offered them as per his Board appointments. The state and its […]

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Corruption: Is the death sentence the solution?

Daily Dispatch May 27, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There is no denying the fact that corruption has become endemic in our country Nigeria and that it has eaten very deep into every fabric of the society. I listened to a vox populi on social media some days ago where Nigerians who had “japa” from the country were […]

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Kano royal rumble, 2027 and the rest of us

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2024

By Andrew Agbese It might be a coincidence but one cannot help but notice that among the states going through various forms of crises less than a year into the current dispensation are states that with the highest number of votes in Nigerian elections. Rivers State with 3,537,190 registered voters, has the fourth highest voting […]

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Kano’s Game of Thrones and our National Anthem

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2024

By Hassan Gimba What is happening in Kano should be of concern to not only the Kanawa or Northerners but to all Nigerians. Kano, as we all know, is the heartbeat of the North. If Kano is economically buoyant, it cascades down to the rest of the North and reflects on the nation’s GDP. Conversely, any chaos […]