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Turkey: UN report details extensive human rights violations during protracted state of emergency

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2018

Routine extensions of the state of emergency in Turkey have led to profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people – from arbitrary deprivation of the right to work and to freedom of movement, to torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detentions and infringements of

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A quick defence of General Danjuma by Emmanuel Bello

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2018

I’m sure former defence minister, General TY Danjuma does not need much defence and when he does, has very qualified people to do so. But let me quickly stop some people in their tracks with context as they continue to hurtle hate and spiteful lines at the General for saying what he should have said […]

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What Exactly Is Babangida Saying?, By Reuben Abati

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2018

The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued by former military President Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday, February 4, is absolutely unnecessary, unfortunate and utterly avoidable. A statesman, the new role in which President Babangida has since found

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General Obasanjo’s delusional messianic complex by Austin Braimoh

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2018

General Olusegun Obasanjo, erstwhile military dictator and civilian despot, is so predictable; one could almost set a watch by it! The country goes through crises phenomena; people and governments are looking for the most suitable solutions, the man smells an opportunity, and he strikes! Obasanjo has done the same thing over and over, that his […]

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What a cow says about the President

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2018

There was a video of President Muhammadu Buhari that shocked me recently and undermined my confidence in his ability to end the deadly attacks by Fulani herdsmen. It was not the video of him purportedly admiring a cow in his Daura ranch on a tablet. And certainly not the tape of his reported visit to […]

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BEYOND THE $1 BILLION ECA FUND TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM 

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2018

BY  SEGUN AYOBOLU Ordinarily there ought to be no controversy or eyebrows raised by the recent decision of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) to approve the withdrawal by the Federal Government of the sum of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to effectively finish off Boko Haram as a potent fighting force. Yes, […]