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ENDSARS: Fresh stench from Sanwo-Olu’s mass grave (2)

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2023

By Tunde Odesola Doublespeak and reverse psychology are manipulative communication techniques used to deceive the unwary. When you take these techniques to court before a sound judge, they may not work because you may be told to call a spade by its name. A spade is not a rake. Clarity and

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Again, A Bizarre Joke in Niger Speaks French

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene Not only are military coups becoming frighteningly frequent in West and Central Africa, virtually all of them, it appears, also speak French. For the fifth time in three years in West Africa, soldiers struck again in Niger, Nigeria’s Northern neighbour, where former President Muhammadu Buhari had teasingly longed for refuge from Nigeria’s […]

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Osun: This Oyetola is different!

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2023

By Ismail Omipidan For close to two decades, I have been involved in the business of gathering, processing anddisseminating information to the public. Although I still did the same thing for the three years plus that I served in Osun as the Chief Press Secretary to the immediate past Governor of the State, Adegboyega Oyetola, […]

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The El’ On Tinubu’s Ministerial List

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2023

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. Sound is the strength of phonetics, words may have different spellings but once they sound similar, the hearer is confused by the intention of the speaker, El’ as a prefix to some names is necessarily not as confusing because once the suffix follows the prefix, the character of the bearer clears […]

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The Looming Religious Crisis In Ilorin

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde I do not envy Ebunoluwa Rotimi Adelesi, the newly minted Kwara State Commissioner of Police. Being the first female CP to head the State Police Command, Mrs Adelesi should be accorded the necessary support that would make her job easier and enjoyable. But she already seems to have been caught between the […]

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How did Buhari swing it?

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2023

By Hassan Gimba “Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise.” – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Before going to my topic, please allow me a little digression. I want to start by appealing to the […]