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Southern leaders and the 1979, 1999 Nigerian constitutions

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2021

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Interrogating the role played by southern leaders in the making of the 1979 and 1999 Nigerian constitutions that have decapacitated the south with dimmed prospects for its young teeming generations, is imperative at this point of Nigeria’s history.  These two

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Malami, Ibori dance palongo to Bob Marley songs

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2021

By Tunde Odesola He has no known middle name and, as such, he doesn’t sit on the fence. With magisterial standoffishness, he exemplifies the ruin of law. He never tiptoes, never prevaricates when it’s time to swat southern flies disturbing the herd. He’s Fulani, the strong and all-conquering breed. Though many call him foolish, he […]

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Why PDP will lose Delta to APC in 2023 if party fields Ijaw candidate

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2021

There is presently fire on the mountain in the Delta State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of which if the party leaders are not careful, the PDP in the State will not just collapse and lost to the major opposition in the State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), but lose relevance totally. This […]

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Opinion: Post-COVID19 pandemic, Nigeria and France must seize the chance to strengthen military and economic ties

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2021

By Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Today, leaders from across Africa meet in Paris to discuss plans to recover from the impact of a common enemy – COVID-19. But for African nations from across the Sahel region and beyond, the issues are inseparable from the fight against another common enemy which is terrorism. […]

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(Opinion) 2023 Election: Muhammadu Buhari; Tinubu’s quagmire and APC’s grave.

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2021

By: Bolaji O. Akinyemi. Our democracy is practiced on political party’s basis, our constitution has no recognition for individual candidacy, had it, Muhammadu Buhari would have successfully become the President without much ado. He is no doubt a political phenomenon, his cult like followership in the North is an undeniable proof of this. The constancy […]

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Osinbajo: Law professor in bed with lawlessness

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2021

By Tunde Odesola In between 2015 and 2021 are the years of the locust when hope was on his shoulder, law wisdom in his cerebrum, gospel on his lips but Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, law professor, politician, and pastor, crash-landed like Humpty Dumpty under the weight of lawlessness. I sincerely sympathise with the General […]