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LADOKE AKINTOLA: THE MAN WHO BETRAYED CORRUPTION

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2022

ByVictor Ogundipe, PhD PreambleFew days ago, when Professor Yemi Osinbajo made his presidential ambition known publicly, some people began to call him names. The worst of it all was comparing him with Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, a political associate of Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo. They

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Chrisland’s Dubai Five and Our Digital Footprints

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2022

By Azu Ishiekwene Most parents like to think that their generation’s burden was the heaviest. And that today’s children are too soft and spoilt by the easy life to be up to any good. Well, I disagree. Or let me put that a bit differently: I don’t agree completely. The debate about just how far […]

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Tinubu Youths Rally; Beyond APC Presidential Primary

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2022

What our elite should understand about politics in this country is that it involves every class of people not just the educated or the rich. They must see beyond themselves and their votes that this politics involves youth that are not in the university and other tertiary institutions. That Nigeria democracy is beyond social media […]

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Osinbajo and the heritage of failure (2)

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2022

By Tunde Odesola In its cunning, man’s little cousin, the monkey, engages in shady deals called monkey business. A solemn reminder of man’s unsevered umbilical cord from the jungle, the monkey sprints on the Darwinian track that links wildlife to humanity. Across global cultures, the monkey jumps up and down on the seesaw of mischief […]

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IDPs: Refugees In Their Own Country

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2022

By Kazeem Akintunde A friend, who is a Deputy Director in one of the Federal Ministries has a building project in Kuje Area Council of Abuja. Though the house – six two-bedroom apartments – has not been completed, it has been roofed. He was looking for money for the plastering phase when he discovered that […]

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Security Implications of ASUU strikes,

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2022

By Hassan Gimba The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was founded in 1978. Its predecessor, the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT), was formed in 1965 covering academic staff at the University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ife and University of Lagos. According to its founders, ASUU […]