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Between Asiwaju and Ogbeni: Loyalty is reciprocal

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2022

By Eyiwunmi Adebowale Nothing can be worse than discovering that the person you had loved, trusted and offered all your loyalty to has backstabbed you. That is what is called betrayal of loyalty. When leaders start thinking they are gods, they begin to care less about loyalty, about commitment,

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Electoral Act Amendment Bill: Playing Ludo With Our Electoral Process

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2022

By Kazeem Akintunde The title of this piece is not original to me. It was coined by my former boss and editor, Simon Kolawole in one of his write-ups few years ago. I find it hard to believe that we are still debating whether the President will assent to the reworked electoral Act Amendment Bill […]

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Obaship: Ifa rejects MC Oluomo (1)

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2022

By Tunde Odesola They wear the nation’s green-white-green flag as uniform. They have their own army, arms and ammunition. Their constitution is superior to the laws of the land. They’re state-backed bandits. They’re a clan of killers. They’re the National Union of Road Transport Workers. Though Lagos is the centripetal force in this discourse, it’s […]

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Mountain Facing Yahaya Bello

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2022

By Azu Ishiekwene Even though the All Progressives Congress (APC) has repeatedly denied zoning the position of chairman to the North Central, there’s hardly any credible analysis which does not feature candidates from the zone in the first three spots. Days to the party’s first national convention in four years, there is growing public interest […]

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NNPC records $224.29m proceeds from export of crude oil, gas in August

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2022

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited posted a total of $224.29million receipt from crude oil and gas export in August 2021 as against $191.26million in July 2021. A breakdown of the figures captured in the August 2021 NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report, MFOR, indicates that export of crude oil amounted to $7.77million while […]

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Fayemi: 57 garlands for a bridge builder

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2022

By Olayinka Oyebode Jos, the capital of Plateau State played host to an unusual gathering of top government functionaries and frontline religious and community leaders on September 6, last year. These include the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Co-chairmen of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, and Rev Samson Ayokunle;