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Tinubu’s Academic Records And Atiku’s Wild Goose Chase

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2023

By Kunle Awosiyan In 2003, Punch Newspapers mandated me to investigate the WASC result of the then former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Hazeem Gbolarumi. The best I could get was that the man had no record with WAEC after Punch had written an official letter requesting for the result. The

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Mohbad: Xraying Drugs, Cultism, And The Music Industry

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde For over 15 minutes on May 7, Afro-pop Musician, Tiwa Savage held the world by storm when she serenaded millions with her musical artistry during the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle in England. It was the first time a Nigerian artiste would perform at the royal […]

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THE ATALA OIL FIELD HEIST: TIMIPRE SILVA, THE MASTERMIND

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2023

By Allison Abunah Upon the dawning of the age of commercial crude oil discovery and exploration in Nigeria and particularly Bayelsa State as the pace setter, the people of oil producing communities like Azamgbene, which hosts the lucrative Atala oil field and Bayelsa State as a whole, were licking their lips in anticipation of the […]

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Before I Die…,

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2023

By Hassan Gimba This was first published by Daily Trust on Saturday, 17 November 2012. It encapsulates my mission and how I want to be remembered. I picked the title for this piece from the book written by Arthur Nwankwo when he felt former President Olusegun Obasanjo threatened him over a series of exchanges they […]

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Kọ́ lọ́ mọ kìlọ̀ f’ọ́mọ rẹ̀, ìlú ti ro (Parents should warn their children, the society is now brutal)

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2023

By Lere Olayinka There’s a song we used to sing during Egúngún Festival in Okemesi Ekiti then. Kọ́ lọ́ mọ kìlọ̀ f’ọ́mọ rẹ̀, ò ní á ro.Parents should warn their children, today will be brutal. That’s usually at the tale end of the masquerade festival when all the senior and traditional masquerades must have retired […]

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The Naked Gods (2)

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2023

By Segun Ayobolu (Published in The Nation newspaper of Saturday, September 23rd, 2023) Unlike the Catholic Bishops who were more reticent about making predictions of electoral outcomes before the February 25 presidential election, many Pentecostal spiritual leaders rashly and brashly prophesied an outright Peter Obi victory at the polls. Many of them spoke with such […]