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The Famished Road to Kuriga

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene The journey to Kuriga in southern Kaduna, North-west Nigeria, did not start with the kidnap of 287 students last week. In the early 1990s a neighbouring town, Zango Kataf, was the boiling point.  About a decade later, the beast of sectarian violence, which had reared its

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Between Frank Kokori and Babagana Kingibe…

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2024

By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their heart, nothing can isolate them – neither prison walls nor the sod of the cemetery. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all” -Fidel Castro. […]

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Tinubu Presidency: How not make a hero out of Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino To the chagrin of many citizens of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, like his predecessor’s, constantly demonises the previous government of President Muhammadu Buhari to justify the negative effects of their harsh and unbearable economic policies, such that you would be forgiven to think they belong to different political

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Actions and Theatrics in Times of Crisis: Reflection on Leadership & Communication

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2024

By Abdulwarees Solanke, The federal government announcement of the resolve to implement the Oronsaiye report is no doubt causing trepidation in not a few quarters because in public sector reforms, casualties are bound to be recorded. Changes that would change the status quo and impact many organizations would be recorded, raising fears and concerns on […]

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Tinubu, beware the gathering dark clouds (1)

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2024

By Hassan Gimba I do not want to believe that in a country of close to 250 million people, I am the only one who thinks there is a gathering of ominous dark clouds over our dear country beginning from the North. I cannot afford that foolish and lazy thought even if I wanted to […]

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Rumours of coup…

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet…” (Matthew 24: 6) . As Nigerians are drenched in cries of agony, so is the air also thick […]