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ENDS of a good nation

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2017

By Tunde Eso, 2018 Osun State governorship aspirant In the words of the Buddha, the enlightened one, Siddhartha Gautama, he identifies the eight fold of reducing suffering: right act, right thought, right speech and right occupation to mention but a few.  A lot of us have disillusioned and

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OGUN 2019: BETWEEN ‘YAYIMANIA’ AND ‘YAYIPHOBIA’

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

  Who is afraid of Senator Adeola Yayi in Ogun 2019?” By: Chief Kayode Odunaro The race towards the Oke-Mosan Government House may still be some years away but trust politicians, the frenetic ground work for the successor of the outgoing incumbent Senator Ibikunle Amosun makes it look like the election for the office of […]

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Understanding Buhari, by Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

Creative dysfunction is sometimes an unofficial government tool. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo occasionally set top government officials up against themselves to test their loyalty or ideas. But there was no doubt who was in charge. US President, Donald Trump, is reputed to have the worst cabinet in modern US history, comparable in its dysfunctionality only […]

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The Custom Uniform Saga By The Nigerian Senate

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2017

I wish to refer all those who have been commenting on the Custom Uniform debate to take time out to read Sections 1-4 of the Nigerian Customs Service Board Act which creates the Nigerian Customs Service  Board and the constitution thereof as well as the Customs and Excise Management Act to appreciate the time wasting […]

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ONUKABA, WHY DID THE ROAD TURN?

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

I lost a friend the other day. And I guess we all, the literary and media community in particular, lost a priceless jewel in Onukaba’s death. In events like this, I am always quickened to deconstruct my mind’s obsession with a line or two of a dirge. And that would unbundle my heart. But in […]

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Re: The many lies of Cemal Yigit

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2017

By Clement Iloha An article in one of the nation’s dailies, the many lies of Cemal Yigit, which centred on the ugly events in Turkey and the seeming chilling hangover on Turkish interest in Nigeria, recently caught my attention. I was  further attracted to the write-up not only on the need  to update myself of […]