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How DNA testing may wrongly nail your wife (2)

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2021

By Tunde Odesola When the blindfolded head drops on the hard floor, kpi!, like the back-kick of an angry horse, please, know that not all guillotined heads are guilty. That is why the Yoruba say, “Ori yeye ni Imogun, t’aise lo po.” Imogun is the Yoruba Golgotha; the place of skulls, where many

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Diezani’s underwear and Buhari’s Mecca prayer for peace

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2021

By Festus Adedayo A photograph forcefully elbowed itself into the media space during the week that just ended. It was that of President Muhammadu Buhari looking heavenwards, his two hands spread in total supplication to God, his countenance sober. He had arrived the Islamic holy city of Makkah on Thursday to perform the Umrah (lesser […]

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Of Wachakal Airport, Wastage and the Bandits In Government

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2021

By Hassan Gimba When the news hit the airwaves that the federal government had budgeted N6.3 billion to build an airport at Wachakal, in Yobe State, 130 kilometres from Damaturu, the state capital, not a few people were taken by surprise. This is because there is already an international cargo airport, which can serve as […]

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Why this silent water runs deep?

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2021

By Azu Ishiekwene Vanguard, like many businesses, has had difficult moments and one that I remember clearly was the exit of its iconic editor, Frank Aigbogun, in 1998. After about seven years at the helm, Aigbogun left behind such huge pair of shoes it seemed unlikely that revered publisher, Sam Amuka, fondly called Uncle Sam, would […]

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2023: What if Tinubu is thinking of a Fashola again?

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2021

By Kunle Awosiyan Let us do a bit of speculations here. One Bola Tinubu’s ally that has not been constantly mentioned in the permutations ahead of the 2023 presidential hopeful is the former Lagos State Governor and the current Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN). Of course some of the BAT believers […]

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The Savagery of Ms. Savage

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2021

By Simbo Ọlọ́runfèmi It is becoming more difficult to know what to make of the continued and relentless kicking of Tiwatope, especially the savagery from some quarters. What exactly is it? The act? The manner of the act? The recording of the act? The announcement before the release? The release? The dismissive response to the […]