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Akpabio’s Holiday Allowance: Setting the Record Straight

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2023

By: Soji Ikotun  National Assembly has battled series of criticism over the years, these excoriation seems never ending. Most appalling of all, discussion around the budget and remuneration of our representatives are reprehensive. Castrating our institution of law-making on the platter of

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Murder in Sanwo-Olu’s hospital (1)

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2023

By Tunde Odesola Beauty and brain don’t come in a better embodiment. Tall, slim and vivacious, Diaso Vwaere was an awesome medic, fresh from medical school. She ordered food from a restaurant nearby to quench her hunger though hunger was the least in her list of worries. As a physician forged in the crucible of […]

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Tinubu’s List, Gbaja-nisation and Nigeria’s Politics

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a matter in which his genius has been acknowledged: forming his cabinet.  One of his credentials for eight years as governor of Lagos, and even outside public […]

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ECOWAS, Democracy, and the Presidential Election Tribunal in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2023

By Hajiya Najatu Muhammad Recent events in the affairs of our nation, most especially the risk of destabilising the entire West African region by the ECOWAS leaders necessitates the need to once again speak out and to call on all Nigerians to stand united in calling the ECOWAS leaders to order by denouncing violence, and […]

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Niger Republic, Not Our Priority

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde The seven-day ultimatum handed down to the coupists in the Niger Republic by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ended yesterday.  ECOWAS had responded with fury, after military adventurists seized power in that country, issuing threats and giving the boys in khaki uniforms seven days to vacate power and restore […]

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Mr President, before we fire the first bullet

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2023

By Hassan Gimba Nigeria is mobilising countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to fight the coup plotters of the Niger Republic to restore democracy. The regional body, led by Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed its resolve to use all necessary measures to restore constitutional order in the country, including […]