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The rise and fall of Philip Shaibu

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has kicked the canvass; he was impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly days ago and a replacement was promptly provided by his erstwhile boss, Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Shaibu was in court while

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El-Rufai and the short trek to posterity

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2024

By Hassan Gimba The chickens, the saying goes, always come home to roost. But some people would prefer to be Shakespearean by quoting the insightful words uttered by Marc Antony in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, “the evil that men do lives after them while the good is oft interred with their bones.” The first […]

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In Nigeria, is electricity no longer for the poor?

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Decades back, in those giddy days of military rule, David Mark, one of the top military brass, was reported as saying that telephones are not for the poor. Mark was the Minister of Communications whose duty was to make telephones available , accessible and affordable for all. He […]

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Wasiu Ayinde, Bobrisky and the Nigerian Army (1)

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2024

By Tunde Odesola Life is a peaceful war. It’s a funny dirge. Life is the mystery of the eyeball and the proverbial pointed stick the Yoruba call ‘igi ganganran’. Igi ganganran, the pointed stick, aims to rupture the pupil, but a blink and the eye is saved from eternal darkness by the eyelids. Life could […]

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Debt profile: Between Sani’s Theatrics And Kaduna People’s Quest For Good Governance

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2024

By Abdulmalik Suleiman Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Uba Sani recently stunned residents of the state and Nigerians at large when blamed the inability of his administration to pay workers’ salaries and other financial commitments of the state on the huge debts, he said he inherited from the government of his predecessor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Gov. […]

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Jonathan and Sam: Two Books, One Message

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene Before The Human Flow was published, Jonathan, one of Europe’s most accomplished foreign affairs columnists and journalists, had talked with excitement about the book. It was his first novel. Like a woman who became pregnant when she thought she was past child-bearing, Jonathan, 82, couldn’t wait to make Mary Wesley look like a child […]