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Coup in Niger: ECOWAS, do not Stir Up the Hornet’s Nest

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2023

By Prof. MK Othman Coup d’état is a bad omen to any country, no matter the situation. It means the destiny of a nation and its people is placed squarely in the hands of regimented armed personalities who more often than not, suspend the nation’s constitution and severe the democratic structure

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Engaging Nigerien Military President Is Like Having Sex with Someone You Hate

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene A good number of people, including me, seems opposed to Nigeria leading the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to war in Niger. In one of the most telling anti-war metaphors, a Nigerian columnist and Editor, Lasisi Olagunju, likened military intervention to rubbing buttocks with the porcupine.  Doves everywhere are flying […]

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Gombe State: The Jewel in the Savannah, in Need of Global Attention

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2023

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. The headline of news published online by The Punch Newspaper on the 12th of August 2023 drew my attention to a new conflict between animals (hippopotamus) and farmers in Gombe State. My interest was sparked by the older conflict of herders and farmers in the Country which was felt more in […]

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Akpabio’s Gaffe And The ECOWAS War Drum In Niger

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, caught the attention of many Nigerians last week. On Wednesday, at the end of the plenary session, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, oblivious he was still on live television, announced to his colleagues that the clerk of the National Assembly would send tokens to their various […]

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Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative? (1)

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2023

By Hassan Gimba First published on September 23, 2019, and repeated on August 22, 2022. Since man became aware of himself and realised that whether by mutual arrangement or contrived by nature, there are always leaders and followers, communities fashioned out ways and means in which to live together under organised systems to regulate and […]

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When the American hawk decides to devour the Nigerien chick.

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2023

By Owei Lakemfa THE threat of the mighty United States of America, USA, on Tuesday, August 7, 2023 to invade little Niger Republic is not for its love of democracy, Nigeriens or Africans. It is basically in the nature of hawks to circle the sky looking for prey, especially chicks. There were American and French […]