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Fidel Castro at times like these – By Issa Aremu

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2020

On Wednesday, November 25th, Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) marked the 4th anniversary of the death of the death of comrade Fidel Castro Ruz, the iconic Cuban Revolutionary leader. The anniversary manifestation, attended by score of ambassadors, progressive activists and friends of Cuba also

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Eleven memorable interviews

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2020

BY MAHMUD JEGA To mark my 30th year in the practice of journalism, I bring to you today snippets of some of the most memorable interviews that I did or was involved in during my sojourns at Citizen magazine [1990-94], Sentinel [1994-95], New Nigerian [1995-2006] and also at Daily Trust, 2006-2019. Don’t be deceived by […]

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2023: Fashola lets Southwest cat out of APC bag

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2020

By Ikechukwu Amaechi The debate on which zone produces Nigeria’s president in 2023, which is not new, has gained gravitas with the defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi claimed he defected because the PDP has never zoned the presidency to […]

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Sola Fasure’s back and forth over Aregbesola’s visit to Osun

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2020

By Ismail Omipidan Yesterday,  this was Sola Fasure’s claim: “Yes, he is planning to cel­ebrate it. This is the 10th an­niversary of bringing in pro­gressive government to Osun. That includes eight years of his own tenure and two years of the current administra­tion. Is there anything wrong with that? Sincerely, I don’t even think we should […]

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Who should Nigerians trust: Buhari or Rohr?

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2020

By Tunde Odesola Even in death, the world remains indebted to eternal King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Hailing from a large family of musical greats, Michael didn’t own a patent for his Jackson surname, but with a matchless class of genius, he made his first name the most popular of all Michaels. His initials, MJ, […]

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Buhari yesterday, today and forever

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2020

By Tunde Odesola The 23rd child of his father, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari joined the military in 1962 at 19 and at 40, he toppled a democratically elected civilian government to become Head of State before he was booted out of power at 42. Within the first 20 years of his working life, Buhari […]