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Atiku, Atikulation And Other Stories by Reuben Abati

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

“I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer.  Going from one port to another should not be an issue or a problem for him. It is in the nature of Customs officials to go from one port to another. When they train Customs […]

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Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode and Nigeria………….. The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi.

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2017

  Sometime in 2006, (I cannot recollect the exact date or month), some selected editors were invited to a suite in Eko Holiday Inn to have a parley with the then Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. As the then editor of THISDAY, I was also invited. Even though the reason for the invitation was […]

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The rise and rise of ethnic champions by Zainab Suleiman Okino

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2017

  There must be something in us that accommodates and promotes the dregs of the society as heroes. We might criticise and condemn them but our innermost spirits and attachment to our community appear to accept them. Thus the nationalist fervour that fired the pre-independence struggle has since given way to ethnic inclination such that […]

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Kakanfo my foot!

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2017

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, to me, is the greatest Yoruba oba alive today. Greatest in terms of his intellectual capacity and his understanding of the responsibilities culture has placed on his divine shoulders. Although the vault of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade Okunade, bespoke on riches untold, Alaafin’s unspeakable wealth […]

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PDP NEEDS AN EXPERIENCED SAILOR TO NAVIGATE THE SHIP TO A SAFE HARBOUR IN 2019

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2017

By Chief (Mrs) Josephin Anenih – Former National Woman Leader of PDP a one time Minister of Women Affairs When I think of PDP the images that assail my mind are those of a mighty ship on very turbulent waters in very bad weather with a lot of people on it crying out for safe […]

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Another dimension to the Kachikwu, Baru row: Clash of interest

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2017

ONLY FOR THOSE WHO VALUE THE TRUTH (THE “KOKO” of the NNPC GMD vs MOS PETROLEUM SAGA). If someone as low on the power ladder as me knew both Kachikwu and Baru are about to be fired, then I know BOTH PARTIES themselves know. Which brings me to WHY that memo to the President was […]