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Ooni: The public displays of a king (2)

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2023

By Tunde Odesola Once upon a time, before money displaced Ifa in the Land of Oduduwa, decency was the crest on the Yoruba crown. This was before government’s filthy hands slowly opened the palace gate, grabbed the glittering crown and tore off the crest. So, the crown, crest-broken, tumbled

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Can Tinubu’s copycatting Obi erase the dirty spot of dented mandate?

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2023

By Edward Musa Should Peter Obi and the Labour Party worry at the apparent copycatting of his policies and programmes by the tremulous and doddering government of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu? No, they should not, people who rely on others’ work as their sole source of inspiration won’t last […]

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Plugging Gaps in The Students’ Loan Scheme

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene Within minutes of the release of the video of President Bola Tinubu signing the students’ loan bill into law, it was trending on Twitter as was the name of Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila, who sponsored the bill in his former life as Speaker. Apart from the Nigeria Maritime University which was […]

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Federal Republic Of Alhaji Aliko Dangote And Fuel Subsidy Debacle (111)

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2023

By Erasmus Ikhide ENERGY TIMES reported yesterday under the headline: “NNPC grants fuel import permit to Dangote”. This crying headline clearly exposed the deceptive appropriation of our commonwealth to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, wholesale. The purpose of the commissioned Dangote Refinery by Ex-President Muhammandu Buhari simply ran riot at best – at worst – a

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Federal Republic of Alhaji Aliko Dangote And Fuel Subsidy Debacle (Part 11)

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2023

By Erasmus Ikhide ‘Politics Nigeria’, an online news medium came to town yesterday, with what we already knew thus: “Emefiele suspended over $1 Billion transaction allegedly linked to Dangote”. Now, it is clear that Godwin Emefiele’s suspension is reportedly tied to a staggering $1 billion scandal that unfolded just before the Presidential

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How Not To Set Up A National Carrier

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde A friend and colleague, Rotimi Durojaiye, had in 2006, written an exclusive story on the shenanigans surrounding the purchase of an aircraft for the presidential fleet which landed him in troubled waters with the then-president, Olusegun Obasanjo.  Titled: ‘Controversy over Age, Cost of Presidential Jet’, it detailed how a fairly used aircraft […]