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Anatomy of Wike’s endgame

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2022

By Azu Ishiekwene When the row between Rivers State Governor, NyesomWike, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),spilled onto the streets after the party’s presidentialprimaries in May, I argued that to solve Wike, one had tofirst fix the candidate, Atiku Abubakar. In light of

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Atiku-Wike Feud: Debunking the Faulty ‘Equity and Fairness’ Narrative

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2022

The assumption that zoning or rotation of power exists as a subject or product of a national consensus is fundamentally flawed. It is strictly an affair of the internal dynamics of political parties(which started with the PDP) and has never been a matter of national political agreement. In essence, each party has its zoning arrangement […]

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Buhari: Yoruba can go to blazes

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2022

By Tunde Odesola Until science unmasked the myth of the jungle and brought the secrets of wildlife home to man via the television, little did the world know the lion wasn’t the king of animals. Yep, the world never fully realised that the lion, when alone, was a potential danger, whose presumed invincibility is magnified […]

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2023: Can we have issue-based campaign?

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2022

By KAZEEM AKINTUNDE Political campaign for the 2023 general elections will start on Wednesday, September 28, and end on February 23, 2023, for Presidential and National Assembly elections, going by the timetable issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Even before the date, the social media space has been awash with series of campaign promises […]

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The Politics Of Boko Haram And The Arithmetic of 2023

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2022

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. No to Muslim/Muslim ticket! “A sound of joy”, hew cry, or owl’s hooting at night? Whatever the case; the menace of Boko Haram and its attendant consequences is the reason for the sound it is or the noise it constitutes. The deed of a Muslim/Muslim ticket is done, evil or good […]

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Frustrations of a Dancing Wannabe President (1)

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2022

By Hassan Gimba There must be something that does not sit well between Adamu Maina Waziri, a former minister of the federal republic, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one of Atiku Abubakar’s right-hand men, and Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, governor of Rivers State and runner-up in the presidential primary election of the […]