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COP28: Jamboree, profligacy or serious business?

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2023

By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Nigeria, as I have often said, is a country of one scandal, one minute. Before you have settled down to digest one, another happens! So, you hurriedly sweep the previous one under the carpets to have enough room for the latest! Our carpets, thus,

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Shall We Trust Olukoyede? By Olaleye Olawale

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2023

A couple of months back, I drove past a popular super store in GRA, Ikeja, with two of my friends, and I was stunned to see that the store – Hubmart – was under lock and key. Apparently, I was the only one who didn’t know this. Jaiye Opayemi and Femi Abegunde were quick to […]

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Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa and a dicey peace deal

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2023

By Zainab Suleiman Okino The lingering political crisis in Ondo state over Governor Rotimi Akerodolu’s health appeared to have thawed last week when President Bola Tinubu waded in to find an acceptable and amicable settlement. Despite the “good intentions” behind the president’s engagement with the warring parties, some of the clauses in the adopted resolutions […]

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Founder Of Lagos: When We Major In Minor

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, was in Lagos last week, and took time out to pay a courtesy call on the Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. During the visit, he told his host that his forefathers were the founders of Lagos. Even before he made his mind known, the […]

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When shall we stop going to court after elections? (1)

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2023

By Hassan GimbaIs there something with the presidential system of democracy we have twice adopted for ourselves that necessitates involving the courts where judges are made to be the ultimate arbiter between contestants? In 1979, it was the judges who decided who emerged as the president between Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Chief Obafemi Awolowo when […]

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Oyinlola keeps his promise despite Tinubu’s victory

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2023

By Tunde Odesola In all my column-writing life, I’ve never kicked off an article with a quotation. But if I was going to do so in this piece, I would’ve started with the most popular Yoruba incantation and chanted, “Ohun ta wi fun ogbó, l’ogbó n gbo, ohun ta wi fun ogbà, l’ogba n gba, […]