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Triumph of the ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Governors

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2022

By Azu Ishiekwene In the midst of our current misery, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu thought we needed something to cheer last week, so he offered a joke, which was telling and disturbing. In the row between the Governor of Yobe and interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress

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Wike and political asylum seekers in Edo (1)

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2022

By Kassim Afegbua “It is better to be hanged for loyalty than to be rewarded for betrayal”…Vladimir Putin. In the last three weeks, political tempers in Edo State have risen to a crescendo, creating several fault-lines and crevices amongst the political players in their effort to grab the very soul of the PDP. Within the […]

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Like husband, like wife

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2022

By Tunde Odesola Five bangs and a drum roll heralded the national anthem. Men in starched babariga and kaftans stood up with hands on the rib cages housing their pulseless hearts. None sang along because the anthem meant nothing to them. The anthem was just an irritating noise. Only three and a half of them […]

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The Murder Of Bamise And Other Sad Tales In The South West

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2022

By Kazeem Akintunde At 22, she had already mapped out her career path. She wanted to be a fashion designer and she was ready to sacrifice her comfort to achieve her aim in life. With her choice of Lekki area as location of her shop and studio house during the week, to commute to Sango […]

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Bamise’s murder and this Cryptocurrency generation

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2022

By Festus Adedayo  (Published by The Cable, March 13, 2022) On Saturday, March 12, 2022, I delivered the paper below at the Kegites Club’s celebration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 85th birthday which was held at the OOPL (Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with him in attendance: At the installation of the new […]

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Re: Hijab In A Country Prone To Religious Mutual Suspicions -By Abdulkadir Salaudeen

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2022

“Nigeria should actually be considering how to fully ban hijab and not to further promote it in times such as this. They should take a leaf from the listed countries” – Adesanya-Davies Nigerian police women are now allowed (optionally) to don their hijabs while on duty in uniform Nigeria has moved to sixth in the […]