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Nigeria: Between religion economy and knowledge economy

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2024

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 There was this post on social media which makes a distinction between religion economy and knowledge economy. Nigeria is said to be a Religion economy while a country like South Africa, for instance, is described as a knowledge economy. This is

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Palliatives of death plus Ambivalence over state police

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Sharing of palliatives to cushion the effect of extreme deprivation and hunger is Nigerian government’s answer to their self-created hardships engendered by subsidy removal, devaluation of the Naira and the effect of existential security challenge. However, in place of food and other essentials, death and maiming of citizens have trailed the […]

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Why should Nigeria not breakup?

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2024

By Hassan Gimba Two weeks ago, in my article entitled “Tinubu, beware the gathering dark clouds (2)”, I touched on our unity and rhetorically ended by asking if going our various ways would be better for all. I said, “To stitch the “merely a geographical entity” that we currently have, therefore, is a task that […]

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NDLEA: Scammers on the prowl

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There is hardly a week that I will not encounter scammers on a couple of occasions, especially those inviting you to one Whatsapp zoom meeting or the other. Once they introduce themselves, usually with a first name, and start sounding nice, asking after your work, family and health, […]

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What does Aregbesola want from Oyetola?

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2024

By Ismail Omipidan I am compelled to ask this question because of what I knew before I came in contact with my Principal, Adegboyega Oyetola in July, 2019, and even afterwards. I am aware that Oyetola reluctantly accepted to serve as the Chief of Staff to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. I am equally aware that he […]

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The Okuama Dead: Story Behind the Grief

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene When Lt. Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Ali, 49, assumed duties as Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army, all his mother, Hassana, could do was pray. Three years ago, Ali’s younger brother, Jamilu, a captain, had been killed in action by bandits in Katsina State. As an officer in […]