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Open Letter To Fellow Nigerians

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde ‘As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, gives him honour and gifts, He says ‘My Lord has honoured me.’ But whenever He tests him, restricting his livelihood for him, he says ‘My Lord has humiliated me’. Not at all. But you do not honour the orphans and you do not urge […]

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Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2023

By Vladimir Putin, On July 27-28 , St Petersburg will host the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. On the eve of these large-scale representative events which will bring together heads of state and government, entrepreneurs, academia and public figures, I would like to share my vision of the development of Russia-Africa

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The Shylocks Within

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2023

By Hassan Gimba Last week, the federal government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), banned two loan app banks, permanently removing them from Google Play Store and initiating the process of deleting their respective apps. The culprits, Sycamore Integrated Solutions Limited and Orange Loan and Purple Credit Limited, along with

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Tinubu’s pieces of eight!

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2023

By Tunde Odesola Ahoy! Off to Treasure Island, I set sail. The sea is turbulent, the wind is violent; but go I must on this dangerous odyssey to Pirates’ underworld, where good and evil fruits grow on the same tree, where virtue and vice sleep in the same bed, where life is short and brutish […]

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Why Museveni Video Shames Africa

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, narrating what happened in 2014 when a delegation of African heads of state was asked by AU to mediate the […]

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Group Tells Sylva to be Objective about Diri

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

The Bayelsa Mandate Group (BMG) has advised a former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, to be objective in his assessment of the administration of Governor Douye Diri, advising him not to allow partisan politics to becloud his sense of judgment. The group, in a statement signed by its leader, Chief Nazuan Godfrey, asked […]