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Lekki Panel’s Report: Conspiracy of Massacre Exposed

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2021

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi. The report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate shooting incident and cases of Police brutality as well as human rights violations has indicted the Nigerian Army and Police of complicity in the death of unarmed protesters at Lekki Toll Gate!

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The outcome of Anambra election has reflected the people’s will — Nwafor – Orizu

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2021

Prince Orji Nwafor – Orizu, an Indigene of Anambra state, a constitutional lawyer and the son of the first senate president in Nigeria. In this interview with journalists in his office in Abuja yesterday, the principal partner of Orji Nwafor – Orizu & Co says that the recent governorship election in his state reflected the […]

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The Ghost of Lamidi Adedibu

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2021

By Oladeinde Olawoyin On Wednesday, a corpse materialized at the entrance of the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi. It was a corpse dressed in the regalia of protest. Yet the corpse reminds me that in Ibadan, the ghost of Lamidi Adedibu still hovers above the skies, spreading its wings across the firmament. The old fox […]

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Nigeria shatters in Buhari-Osinbajo hands

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2021

By Tunde Odesola If necessity is the indisputable mother of invention, creativity is its anonymous father. Undoubtedly, the human mind is a complex mechanism. A reflection of the mind’s complexity is seen in its perpetual preoccupation with self-gratification as exemplified by biblical and quranic stories of creation. Self-gratification towered above obedience plus

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Ndigbo and The Politics of Identity

Daily Dispatch November 14, 2021

By Hassan Gimba Even though Anambra has been in the kitty of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for a long time, the recently concluded gubernatorial election in which Professor Charles Soludo bested other candidates to emerge winner is a straightforward case of identity politics. Identity politics is a political approach in which people of […]

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This thing called aging

Daily Dispatch November 11, 2021

By Azu Ishiekwene The cold blast of the air conditioner from the room hit me by surprise as I opened the door. I wasn’t expecting a draught from inside at eight on a damp morning. But there was my cousin under the duvet, hugging what seemed like a pillow as he snuggled diagonally across the […]