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The explosion at Ibadan

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2024

By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last Tuesday, an explosion rocked Old Bodija in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The panic and stampede that ensued were better imagined than witnessed; so also, the magnitude of destruction and loss suffered. Lives were lost; at the last count

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The North under siege: A rehash

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2024

By Hassan Gimba As reporters and analysts, we must inform, based on trends, and where possible, raise the alarm, hoping that those in authority will heed. In 2018, six years ago, that was what I did. And so, this is just a rehash of my article “Insecurity, the North under siege” written on this page […]

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Wande Abimbola @91: How an àbíkú decided to live (2)

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2024

NB: We miss part 2 last week. That’s why we serve you today. Apology. By Tunde Odesola Truth and justice are badges of honour Ògún, the god of war and iron, proudly wore when he walked the earth. Unquestionably, truth and justice define the essence of Ògúnwándé. Right from childhood when he became the disciple […]

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Wande Abimbola @91: How an àbíkú decided to live (3)

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2024

By Tunde Odesola Wande’s star shone brightly in the galaxy of stars twinkling up above the world so high. His star was distinct in the heavens whose cloudy blanket covers every inch of the earth in suspended animation science calls gravitational force. But religion calls it ‘agbára tó so ilé ayé ró’ – the divine […]

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Reflections on Adesina’s Work with Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene I knew Femi Adesina when he was “Daddy Tobi.” He still is, of course. But back in the day when we were neighbours in “Olowora Inside”, a Lagos suburb, when you could call to a neighbour from your frontage, often by using the name of their first child, that was how we […]

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Scammers in high places and the mad rush

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2024

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Nigeria has become a vast scam zone, demanding urgent action. Just when it seemed we had reached the peak of scams and scandals with the revelation of certificate racketeering from neighboring Cotonou in Benin Republic, allegations of outright stealing and money laundering surfaced from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty […]