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Opinion: The untold story of ‘The reign of Hadiza Bala Usman’ at NPA | By Ibrahim Zubairu, Ph.D

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2021

Since the news of the suspension of the Managing Director, Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman broke, both her supporters and critics have been speculating about what could have led to the action by Government. Many campaigners, activists, politicians, feminist organizations have taken sides against each

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Southern Governors : Solution or a confusion of Agenda? By Issa Aremu

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2021

We are living in heady times of indiscriminate criminality and banditry fueled by underlying conditions of official 33.8 per cent unemployment (50 per cent open youth unemployment and underemployment), legacy under-funding of the police charged with the responsibility to ensure internal security. The point cannot be overstated. More than than ever before, Nigeria needs all

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Oba Sikiru Adetona: The Legendary Awujale at 87

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2021

By Dr. (Chief) Fassy Adetokunboh Yusuf* Since 1960, Oba Adetona has succeeded in raising the status and reckoning of his Ijebu people. He is known and perceived as one of the country’s greatest monarchs, dead or alive. A philosopher and social scientist, his fame and popularity extend beyond the shores of Nigeria. He was in […]

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Remi Tinubu’s heart of stone

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2021

By Tunde Odesola The name, Eve, is not a derivative of the word, evil, though both sound alliteratively similar. It’s a name native to Hebrew, adopted by Latin as Eva, and accommodated by English as Eve. In Hebrew, Eve means living. But religious male chauvinists are wont to disagree with this meaning and insist that […]

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Opinion: Proposed universities: Between Ilaro and Ipokia

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2021

By: Chief Kayode Odunaro  There is no doubt that there is dearth of educational opportunities for our teeming youth population at the level of university education. On a regular basis, only about 30 percent of millions of youths seeking admissions into universities are admitted in to about 170 private and public universities across the nation. […]

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Re: Makinde’s CPS’s Response to APC’s Criticisms Over BCOS Staff Quarters’ Demolition; Dragging Media Aideship in The Mud

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2021

By Faniyi Abiola  Better to be unborn than to be untaught or unlettered; for ignorance is the root of all misfortunes. That position is time-tested and explains clearly the position expressed in the article with the above headline written by one Maroof Asundemade. The article, which was a response to a press statement by the Chief […]