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Boosting national revenue via Stamp Duty

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2020

By Tijani Abubakar There is a need to recognize and highlight the recent reports which sufficiently indicated that Nigeria’s next phase in national budget benchmarking may not be from oil but Stamp Duty and its huge potential to serve as a springboard for budget financing, especially capital

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Open letter to Bishop Kukah @68

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2020

BY SIMON REEF MUSA My Lord Bishop, I do not really know whether it was my initial intention to write a secret or an open letter on the occasion of your 68th birthday that is today, August 31, 2020. When last week I called Your Lordship to find out where you would be today, I […]

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Fani-Kayode’s crocodile tears

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2020

By Tunde Odesola “Thank you, Mr Charles Eyo, Daily Trust correspondent in Cross River State, for seeking to know who’s bankrolling my tour of projects in Peoples Democratic Party-led states across the country. “Well, I come from a bloodline of fearless forebears who set sail in life using the four compass points of integrity, service, […]

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Islamic precepts and good leadership in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 29, 2020

By: Tomasi Akingbade Leadership is essentially a continuous process of influencing behaviour, it may be considered in context of mutual relations between a leader and his followers. The leader tries to influence the behaviour of individuals around him to achieve desired goals. It is also a dynamic process, which deserves study; it is a relational […]

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Trait of good leadership and Islamic perspective in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2020

By: Tomasi Akingbade Leadership is essentially a continuous process of influencing behaviour, it may be considered in context of mutual relations between a leader and his followers. The leader tries to influence the behaviour of individuals around him to achieve desired goals. It is also a dynamic process, which deserves study; it is a relational […]

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OBJ, the evil that men do lives after them

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2020

Tunde Odesola Matthew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo – one man, one name, one destiny; complicated personality. For the Yoruba, names hold special meanings and are categorised into five, namely: Oruko Amutorunwa (predestined names), Oruko Abiso (acquired names), Oruko Oriki (panegyrics), Oruko Abiku (abiku’s names) and Oruko Inagije (aliases). Obasanjo isn’t an