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Fashola’s eureka moment at Lekki tollgate

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

By Tunde Odesola Donkey’s years ago, before greed overtook leadership and snatched the reins of governance, Lagos was a free society without a tollgate. Doubtlessly, the tollgate was a taboo in Lagos ages ago. This was in the days when history took culture under its wings together with language

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Bola Tinubu: A preying progressive

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2020

By: Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi.The Yoruba nation has been bemoaned with recent vain narratives of comparing our sage and the icon of progressive politics, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo with Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu.  I initially loved to title this piece: AWOLOWO VS TINUBU: THE CONTEST OF LEGENDS. but I was shocked at the rage exhibited […]

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Ex IGP IDRIS and FAMILY TROUBLES by Usman Saulawa

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2020

Recently, the social media was inundated with stories of the travails currently being faced by the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. While some of the assertions were true, others were half-truths and others totally misrepresented. In fact, some of the issues were down played, hence, did not represent the true picture of […]

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Governors and the CACOVID Palliatives

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2020

“The erroneous impression in the public domain that these palliatives were hoarded is not just inaccurate, entirely erroneous and untrue but also mischievous, to say the least.” By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have since the EndSARS demonstrations started, held several meetings to address the underlying concerns and members

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2023: Will Tinubu fight or run away?

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2020

By Tunde Odesola With a trap-like mouth comprising 80 spiky teeth, death is the smile on the face of an adult crocodile. In a dramatised circus that pledged to protect lives, limbs and fatherland, the Nigerian military, on Saturday, October 17, 2020, embraced the crocodile and its smile when it launched Operation Crocodile Smile. Like […]

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ENDSARS: A Hijacked Protest, Stance of the North and President’s Address

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2020

By Mahmud YahayaFor over two weeks now, Nigeria is rocked with ENDSARS protests. A hitherto well intended cause against police brutality and the need to reform the Nigeria Police Force, which has turned rogue or perhaps hijacked by some ill-wishers whose motive is to bring chaos and anarchy. This protest could be said to be […]