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Oyetola vs Omisore: There is always a tomorrow

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2025

By Ismail Omipidan I have, for a long time, refrained from intervening in the ongoing roforofo fight between the camps of my former principal, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his now-estranged political ally, Senator Iyiola Omisore. However, after reading certain planted stories now being amplified by

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Siyan Oyeweso: Lessons in virtue and vanity

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2025

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, December 5, 2025) H-o-r-r-o-r!? The lamp has gone out in the ancestral grove. Frightening darkness reigns. I step inside the grove, I grope on staggering steps. The gourd is broken. I saw its shattered pieces. I stagger. I can feel the wet wood, torn drum, snapped […]

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A Troubling Message from Guinea-Bissau

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene None of the three Guineas is thriving, but in Guinea-Bissau, the country that sits on Africa’s map like a tongue of fire, recent events are twisting that nation’s fate into profound misery. Guinea Conakry is in the grip of a military dictatorship with a messianic complex, while Equatorial Guinea is led by […]

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Abductions, School Closures and Governors’ Inertia,

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2025

By Zainab Suleiman Okino In the wake of renewed mass abductions of schoolchildren across Nigeria’s northern precincts, the governors of states within these high-risk zones have responded, not really with decisive protection measures, but with buck-passing, blame games, or outright closure of all schools under their jurisdiction. This response, far from being protective,

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Opinion: Nigeria’s Reserved/Special Seats Bill: A Human Rights Imperative for Gender-Inclusive Democracy

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2025

By Oluwafisayo Aransiola Fakayode Nigeria stands at a critical juncture in its democratic evolution. In few days, the National Assembly will cast a decisive vote on the Reserved/Special Seats Bill -a landmark bill that could reshape the country’s democratic landscape. The bill proposes creating temporary additional legislative seats that would be contested exclusively by

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Exposing the flaws in the attacks on BPP

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Nigeria is living through a season when outrage is easier to manufacture than truth. A few screenshots, a cluster of unverified figures, and a sprinkling of anonymous sources are now enough to ignite a digital firestorm dressed up as public accountability. It is in this murky space, where allegation is too often […]