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Deborah’s blood stains APC presidential form (2)

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2022

By Tunde Odesola On the opposite side of Ass-o-Rock lies a stagnant, stinking body of water. Once a river of clear water, but the tidal waves of corruption, greed, ego and selfishness have killed virtually all the aquatic creatures therein, making it almost as dead as the Dead Sea. The stinking

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Who Will Save The South East?

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2022

By Kazeem Akintunde The southeast geo-political zone in Nigeria has been in turmoil for some time now. The nebulous activities of a group known derisively as ‘unknown gunmen’ have rendered the zone prostrate and about to completely cripple business activities in the region. Governors in the region have been turned to toothless bulldogs that can […]

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2023: Let’s look to the North East, by Hassan Gimba

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2022

As parties are getting set to produce their candidates, we feel the need to reproduce this write-up, first published on October 18 last year. If I were to be as sentimental as people are, I would say the North East, my zone, must produce the president in 2023. Many people fight for their people, region, […]

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FIRS, The New Number One Cash Cow

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2022

By Mahmud Jega There has been a silent change of baton at the cash inflow pipeline into the Federation Account, the proverbial national cake. For decades the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] held sway as the top national cash cow. Since last year, the oil giant’s contribution to the Federation Account has dwindled to zero, […]

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Deborah: Victim of WhatsApp Rule Violators

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2022

By Azu Ishiekwene Parents, students, and indeed anyone with a conscience is still shocked at the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over allegations of blasphemy.  The brutal termination of the life of a promising young Nigerian in a school, will again pass with lamentations and condemnations as has become the norm, but most likely, without

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Blasphemy: The North Will Be Consumed By The Monsters It Created (Part 2)

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2022

By Erasmus Ikhide  TO Begin with, the unwashed dogs who roasted alive Miss Deborah Samuel on Thursday last week for allegedly defaming Prophet Mohammed of Islamic religion have the backing of the likes of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, the terrorists defender, capacious Blasphemer, religious fanatic, hypocrite and a pocket tyrant. On January 7th […]