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Of good governance and parliamentary system of government

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2021

By: Adémólá Òrúnbon It is almost 22 years of democratic rule in Nigeria. There is no better time than now to assess the suitability of the 1999 constitution. It is even more compelling in the light of recent happenings in the country, especially the wanton killings by the Boko Haram, kidnapping

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2021: Year To Calm Down, And Wail Less – Femi Adesina

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2021

By Femi Adesina When the year 2020 popped out of the womb of time, nobody knew that it was going to be what Yoruba people call Ogbologbo. Rough and tough. Unpredictable. Hungry and angry, consuming anything and everything it could lay its jaws on. Across America, Europe, Asia, Africa, indeed, all continents, time, like an ever […]

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Kukah’s Cross of Nationalism And The Burden of Buhari’s Presidency.

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2020

By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi. Who is Luis Farrakhan? That was the very first word that reverberated from an old TV set when justice was being done to a nice meal. Hardly do I get distracted when tending to a meal. But not on this occasion. Louis Farrakhan was a lousy brand, polished in eloquent […]

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2023 Presidency: If not Tinubu, who else does the cap fit

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2020

By: Adémólá Òrúnbon Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, popularly called BAT, is a master strategist, generalissimo, who has dominated the politics of Nigeria’s commercial capital for over two decades, Tinubu, has long been overdue and expected to make a run for the country’s top job–his formidable political network, propensity for deal-making and substantial personal wealth give

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Sikiru Ayinde Barrister: Prophet without honour (1)

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2020

By Tunde Odesola Zodiac, the only thing I had in common with Fuji music creator, Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Agbajelola Balogun Barrister, belongs in antiquity now. But it feels good to share with Barrister, the same birth month, February, which confers the same zodiac sign, Aquarius, on us both. Today, however, astrology has unravelled as a […]

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Ending insecurity: A collective responsibility

Daily Dispatch December 24, 2020

By YAKUBU SHENDAM  The society functions like a system with different component parts that must play their roles effectively in other to keep the system moving. Any part that fails to function or functions inefficiently either slows the system or brings it down completely. Systems and networks are therefore, by nature  designed to always work […]