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As dollars elected, created mannequins at party primaries

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2022

By Festus Adedayo While touring Northern Nigerian provinces in the 1950s to canvass for votes, Ahmadu Bello, the great-great-grandson of Uthman dan Fodio and Premier of the Northern region, used to have his flowing robes stuffed with banknotes which he then distributed to the electorate. For

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Of Banditry and a Shared Sovereignty (2)

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2022

By Hassan Gimba Sovereignty, this eleven lettered word, is a political concept. The concept defines dominant power. Or the supreme authority. Wikipedia says “it is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct or territory. That it entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states.” Sovereignty, as a concept in political

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The Return Of Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed To Kano Senatorial Race

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2022

By Erasmus Ikhide  A FEW days from now, the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) delegates in Kano State Central Senatorial District would have made a valid choice between former Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed and Abdulsalam Sale Abdulkarim, popularly known as AA Zaura. The contest is going to be a choice between light and darkness, between hope […]

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NUT lauds Kwara Governor for revamping educational sector

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2022

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has showered encomiums on the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman for revamping the educational sector in the State which had over the years been in deplorable State before he came into the saddle of leadership over three years ago. The Kwara State NUT Secretary and Senior Assistant General Secretary, […]

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Brilliant Umahi, Angry Kalu

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2022

By KKunle Awosiyan My National Youth Service was in Abakaliki, precisely the Ezza Local Government Area of Enugu State before the creation of Ebonyi State. I was in Awgu orientation camp before being deployed to learn the culture of the “Ijekebes” of Abakaliki. Here, they do not speak central Igbo, they have their own dialect. […]

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Party primaries: A week of daggers and dollars

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2022

By Lasisi Olagunju “My brother will give 15,000 dollars. Initially, he was working on 2,500 per delegate but when Ibrahim entered the race and offered 10,000, my brother had to jack his own up to 15,000. The delegates told him not to do anything for them again after winning the election.”I eavesdropped and heard this […]