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From Emilokan To Enitokanlomo

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2023

BY BUSY BRAIN This morning, I picked up my gas cylinder and proceeded to the filling station, on getting there, I was informed that 1 kg of gas cost a thousand Naira. My initial plan to fill 5 kg was reduced to 3 kg with immediate effect. While at the filling station, another

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Ellupee lawmakers refuse shishi, collect exotic cars

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2023

By Tunde Odesola I didn’t shoot the sheriff. I was only a member of a three-man gang that robbed a friend in Lagos in the mid-80s. Thank God, he survived the robbery and he’s alive to tell the story. Despite the incident, we remain friends. So, I’ll shield him from klieg light by referring to […]

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Nigeria Is Once Again At A Dangerous Precipice, This Time Because Of Capture Of The Country By A Man Who Claims To Be ‘Bola Ahmed Tinubu’

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2023

Chinedu Jideofo-Ogbuagu Nigeria derailed in 1966, leading to four years of genocide and decades of failed attempts to put the country back on track. The most recent run of attempts to fix Nigeria started in 1998, with Abdulsalam Abubakar’s programme of transition from military regime to civilian administration. Reading General Abubakar’s body language

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Gumi’s Extremism Shames Decency

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, 60, is a medical doctor and retired army captain. But he has not had a job after retirement 37 years ago. His day job since has been bandits’ advocacy. He has become so used to getting away with saying what he likes when he likes and how he likes it, he […]

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Time to rethink Nigeria

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2023

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Two things happened recently that should make us rethink the direction Nigeria should go with regards to the laws that govern us as a nation and the electoral law that guide the conduct of elections in the country.Former INEC chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega’s opinion that the electoral laws should be amended […]

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Malam Adamu: Passing Of The Wazirin Fika

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2023

By Is’haq Modibbo Kawukawumodibbo@yahoo.com When I read a few hours ago, that Malam Adamu, Wazirin Fika, died on a flight, from London, where he had been receiving treatment, I felt really sad, that we’ve lost one of the genuinely venerable old men, of Northern Nigeria. It’s without doubt, the closure of an era in our […]