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Why we should stop going to court after elections (2)

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2023

By Hassan Gimba In the first part of this write-up, we saw how in 1983, the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), afraid of defeat, capitalised on Shehu Shagari’s perceived likeability and reversed the election timetable and started with a vote for the president. They relied on what they christened

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Will religion unhinge the Yoruba self-determination struggle?

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2023

By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 When I drew attention to the need for the Yoruba self-determination movement to devote some thought to the national question, as Marxists call it, many Yoruba Nation devotees angrily responded to me. Interestingly, today, the arrow-head of the Yoruba self-determination struggle himself, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has chosen to

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Ebenezer Obey: Unstoppable flight of destiny (1)

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2023

By Tunde Odesola The newborn arrives the world knuckled up. In his clenched right fist is fate. In the left is destiny. Little wonder life is a struggle between fate and destiny. Fate is one-way; destiny is itinerant. Fate slams shut like a coffin, sealed, airtight, with a finality; destiny is open like a shelf […]

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The Trials of Nyesom Wike

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene The only thing that trumps the mocking viral videos of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are the live footages of the State House of Assembly being demolished on Wednesday morning by a dozen bulldozers in what appeared like a scene from Gaza. Reporters were even warned to steer […]

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Lagos origin: Akintoye replies Oba of Benin

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2023

By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 An authority on African History and leader of the Yoruba Nation Self-Determination Group, Prof. Banji Akintoye, mounts the rostrum here today to reply (in an abridged form because of space constraint) to the Oba of Benin; read on: “On November 26, 2023, the Oba of Benin ignited a […]

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The Misadventure In Tudun-Biri

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde The people of Tudun-Biri, in Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State on December 3rd had gathered to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammed, (SAW). It was a night to rejoice and make merry. A yearly celebration in which both the young and the old take part. It is customary to cook, […]