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Saving Abuja from Wike, Really?

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene Abuja is not in a hurry to change. However, in a city famous for its bad habits fostered by wayward politicians, I think the dial may have moved a bit in the right direction. It’s hard to say if this slight movement has been fortuitous, or whether it had anything to do […]

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ECOWAS ‘Mass grave’ Project in the Sahel and the Role of President Tinubu

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2023

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. A headline on Tribune online reads this: ‘There’s no food, there’s no water, there’s nowhere to sleep’. This paints a picture of the growing humanitarian situation in Niger Republic mildly! Economic Countries of West African States should be disturbed about this reality, if truly our priority is the economy of the […]

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Sanwo-Olu, Obasa And The Lagos Cabinet

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde That Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is still a political neophyte is glaring for all to see. Though he joined partisan politics 20 years ago in 2003, when he was appointed Special Adviser on Corporate Matters to former Deputy Governor of Lagos, Femi Pedro, he seems not to have learnt the basic rudiments of […]

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Tinubu’s feast of false starts

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2023

By Simon Kolawole If you consumed too much foreign media after the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, you would conclude that Nigeria was finally on its way to El Dorado. From day one, when Tinubu said “subsidy is gone”, there was euphoria among the advocates of market economy who had […]

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POWER SECTOR: The Rot Adelabu Must Clear

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2023

By Taiwo Adisa As soon as he was sworn in as Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, the accountant, turned politician from Oyo State, headed for the Power Ministry, and gave a speech to capture his general view of the sector and his readiness to turn things around in the delicate sector. Luckily, he didn’t […]

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Two Tears for Dadiyata and The Sun,

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2023

By Hassan Gimba At about 1 am, on the cold night of Friday, August 2, 2019, exactly two months after celebrating his 34th birthday, Malam Abubakar Idris, commonly known as Abu Hanifa Dadiyata, or just Dadiyata, was abducted in front of his house at Barnawa, a quiescent area of Kaduna. Armed men kidnapped the PhD […]