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Quick comment: Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri chasm is imaginary

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2023

By Mahmud Jega Nearly everything is fair game in politics, but the latest attempt by some elements to see if there is an ethnic fault line that they can exploit between the two major Northern groups, Hausa/Fulani and Kanuri, is a walk on thin ice. The schemers are bound to sink below the thin

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Conspiracy against Democracy: INEC REC; Segun Agbaje’s Outburst, Other Matters Arising

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2023

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. Any protest outside of getting the best of INEC for a free and fair election is a wrong step taken too late in the day! The first option for any democrat is to face an election. Re-inventing the Democratic wheel to accommodate any unconstitutional and undemocratic arrangement will be a threat […]

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Tribute: Late Emir Sanusi and Lessons of Life

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2023

By Aliu Akoshile  It is not the nature of man to choose to serve, ordinarily. Everyone wants to be served. So, I was enthralled when I met a king who, though entitled to be served, chose to serve. His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi, the Emir of Dutse, who passed away on January 31, 2023 served humanity […]

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A Cashless Policy Of Tears And Blood

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde The irrepressible Spokesperson of the Northern Elders’ Forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in a Twitter post on his verified Twitter handle, gave a new definition of the Cashless policy now being vigorously implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. He defines a Cashless Society to mean: ‘A State where no one has […]

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The god of Wike! Buhari is alone! And other illusions (2)

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2023

By Hassan Gimba President Muhammadu Buhari’s followers, therefore, created in him an image of an ascetic, beyond reproach, and so canonised him as a saint. And he also did his best to fit into that picture. Ramrod, shed of any fat and wearing the cheapest materials around, the story was that he had seen it […]

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Nigeria, A Harrowing Hell

Daily Dispatch February 3, 2023

By Chisom Adindu The state of the Nigerian economy in the past 10 years has been harrowing and strangulating. The current socio-economic situation is excruciating and only comparable to the ‘hell fire’ described in the Bible. Though the economy has been facing daunting challenges for decades, never has it been as bad as we have […]