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Examining the 10th Senate’s Prescriptions for Nigeria’s Electoral Deficiencies

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2023

By Ofonime Honesty From Friday, October 20, 2023, to Sunday, October 22, 2023, the iconic and luxurious Four Points by Sheraton, tucked in the heart of the ancient yet bubbling city of Ikot Ekpene, played host to members of Nigeria’s topmost legislature. The hospitality outfit – one

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Adeleke And The Spirit of Promise And Fail

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2023

A security expert, analyst and public commentator, Mr Akin Adeyi, has again taken a swipe at Senator Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State.This time around, Adeyi in a social media comment, noted with regrets that a huge mutual distrust hitherto growing silently between the governor and the good people of the state have snowballed […]

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Femi Soneye: As passion meets engagement at NNPCL

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2023

By Sufuyan Ojeifo There has been a burst of excitement in the Nigerian media community since Thursday, last week, when the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) announced the appointment of 49-year-old Mr Femi Soneye as the company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCCO). By virtue of that significant appointment, Soneye becomes the

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As 10th Senate Focused on Nigeria’s Future and Roadmap to Development

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2023

By Edward Usoro “Every major national development was based on a roadmap designed by citizens of the respective countries” – Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. His words took the participants on a backward journey. The senators were in Ikot Ekpene, like the philosophers would say, in search of […]

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When The Naira Is On A Free-fall

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde One of the basic principles of economics that was ingrained in my brain 40 years ago at Boys Academy, Simpson, Lagos Island, is the law of demand and supply as espoused by Adam Smith. It simply states that consumer demand for a good or service decreases as the price increases. The higher […]

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Hailers and Wailers: Who are more patriotic?

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2023

By Hassan Gimba This article was first published in December 2017, repeated in August 2018 and September 2020. With change being the only constant in human life, a lot of water has passed under the bridge in our country since then that have made yesterday’s hailers today’s wailers and vice versa. I find this write-up […]