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Readers’ reactions

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2022

It is our tradition that from time to time we do give our readers’ the space to air their views on what we give them to read. Today is one of those days. Of Atiku’s sucker punch, Wike’s tantrums and APC’s only door, by Hassan Gimba An unbiased analysis of the just concluded PDP Presidential

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Asiwaju: Leadership In Troubled Times By Babatunde Raji Fashola

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2022

When at a public event, I described Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a Logistician, I probably was not aware that many people took notice.How wrong I was. The letter written by Sam Omatseye asking me to make a contribution to a book to be written to commemorate Governor Tinubu’s 60th Birthday Anniversary in which he […]

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Peter Obi beyond being Igbo

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2022

By Hamza Sani Please don’t assume that you know Ndi Igbo that much. If you brought a Rochas or Ikpeazu today to govern Nigeria, Ndi Igbo will rather vote a Kwankwaso. The problem here is that Peter was governor of Anambra and never blowed his trumpet as an achiever but Ndi Igbo recognized his performance. […]

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Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi: Who Is Our ‘Messiah’?

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2022

By Kazeem Akintunde We are gradually inching toward a change of baton from President Muhammadu Buhari to a new man, a new face, and possibly a ‘messiah’ that will, hopefully, rescue Nigeria and Nigerians from the hugely disappointing tenure of Buhari. On May 29, next year, Nigeria should breathe a sigh of relief as a […]

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Of banditry and a shared sovereignty (3)

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2022

By Hassan Gimba Last week, they attacked an estate within Abuja. Gunmen, bandits, Boko Haram, those who “drag” sovereignty with Nigeria, attacked Genuine Estate, within the vicinity of Gwarimpa, Nigeria’s (some accounts say south of the Sahara’s) largest housing estate. They did this undisturbed and calmly, between 1 and 4am on Sunday. The police said […]

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APC Primaries and Emergence of a Lame Duck President, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2022

My overriding impression of the APC Special Convention is that the presidential aspirants spent too much of their time singing praises to their beloved President Buhari. So, did the governors in the period leading up to the primaries. They pledged loyalty to him again and again and again. When however, it came to the one […]