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N5billion Pleasure Yacht And Our Crooked Leaders

Daily Dispatch November 13, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde Nigeria is gradually becoming a huge joke the world over. This is due to the kind of news emanating from the country which many sane people find funny. One of such is the purported acquisition of a presidential yacht by the Nigerian Navy without budgetary approval. A yacht,

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Renewed Hope for Unity and Progress

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2023

By Hassan Gimba This Was a speech delivered by Dr Hassan Gimba, publisher of Neptune Prime online newspaper and a syndicated columnist, at the Ebony Herald Hall of Fame and Dignity, held at the Stonehedge Hotel and Suites, Abuja, on 09/11/2023. Ladies and gentlemen, I say good evening to you all. This is not a […]

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The posthumous ‘benevolence’ of Abacha

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2023

By Olusegun Adeniyi For the past several years, the joke in Abuja is that whenever Nigeria encounters dire financial straits, the late General Sani Abacha looks down on us from beyond and drops a hefty sum into the national coffers. While I disagree with a friend who insists that Nigeria may have used Abacha for […]

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Lord, have Messi on Fury and bless Ngannou (2)

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2023

By Tunde Odesola A counteroffensive ignited by Alexis Mac Allister from the right of the Argentine midfield finds Messi, who gave a two-touch twisty flick to a speeding Julian Alverez, whose intelligent pass returns the ball to Allister, who measured a diagonal pass across the French defence line to locate Angel Di Maria who stabbed […]

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Small Chance for INEC to Save Itself in A Big Way

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene Elections in Nigeria this year might be nearly over but the war by other means could well receive fresh fire from three state elections this weekend. The year began with general elections in February and March, and is closing with off-cycle elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi on November 11. Conducting elections […]

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Tribunal verdicts and Plateau political discord

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2023

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Anger seems to be welling up on the Plateau over recent judicial pronouncements in respect of the last elections. The outcomes of the Benue and Plateau elections were hailed as examples of enduring political legacy of loyalty to, and influence of godfathers because of the return of Jonah Jang of PDP […]