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Ex Super Eagles gaffer Gernot Rohr sack as long overdue

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2021

By Nelson Ekujumi. Only recently, a breath of fresh air blew across the Nigeria football landscape with the sacking of the ex Super Eagles Gaffer Gernot Rohr by the Nigeria football federation (NFF) which was long overdue. Never in our football history have we had a coach like Gernot Rohr who

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The truths Bisi Akande failed to say

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2021

By Tunde Odesola Laughter is restorative, so is crying. It’s even beneficial when both are done simultaneously, scientists say. According to them, the same part of the brain, the hypothalamus, controls both laughter and crying. Laughter and crying are warm and cold springs issuing from different aquifers but ending up in the same confluence, like […]

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As Jang Gifts Plateau A Shiloh

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2021

By Andrew Agbese Open the Bible with me to the first book of Samuel chapter 1, let’s read from verse 1-3: “There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, […]

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Rule of Law, Nigeria’s only hope of survival (1)

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2021

By Hassan Gimba Our current situation of a glaring failure of the rule of law must disturb any Nigerian who has come of age. The average citizen today lives in fear. When you retire into your house, you pray to God to deliver you from evil marauders who have removed peace from the calmness of […]

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Sam Nda-Isaiah: One Year After

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2021

By Azu Ishiekwene I still remember that night like yesterday. Our lives had been turned upside down by the resurgence of the second wave of Covid-19. Like most people, my sleeping pattern was no longer regular; which is to say, out of fear and boredom, I was now learning to sleep before midnight, and waking […]

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The truth lie, Mohammed cannot kill (Part 2)

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2021

By Tunde Odesola Finally, truth flew out of the dirty White Paper, last week, encircled the powerful seat in Alausa seven times, and blessed the bony head of Johnny Walker with a poop. Singing a dirge, “Justice is the first condition for peace walk,” truth shook its little tail, and away it flew! Truth flew […]