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Keyamo: Ortom, Kwankwaso, NASS defectors, others can’t stop Buhari’s re-election

Daily Dispatch July 29, 2018

FESTUS KEYAMO ON WHY DEFECTIONS WILL NOT AFFECT PRESIDENT BUHARI’S ELECTION AT THE 2019 POLLS The latest defections by some National Assembly members and the Governor of Benue State WILL NOT harm the re-election of President Buhari in the 2019 general elections. This would even be so if the

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PMB AND THE LIMITS OF LOYALTY BY SEGUN AYOBOLU

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2018

Loyalty is unquestionably a key element of President Muhammadu Buhari’s political philosophy even if he has not espoused any systematic or coherent set of principles or ideas that guide his politics. Buhari is enamoured of loyalty and seemingly finds those who proclaim their fanatical commitment to him from the rooftops particularly endearing. But then, Buhari […]

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Opinion: A million deaths won’t move Mallam Buhari

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2018

Without a doubt, the death of a child is the most unendurable filial anguish that could torment a parent. Having lost a couple of sons, David, king of Israel, captured the immeasurable worth of a child in the boundless words of his psalm, singing: “…Like arrows are in the hands of a warrior, So are […]

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#PlateauMassacre: The Portrait of a Failed State Under Nigeria’s Wicked Ruling Cabal

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2018

The only president in the recent democratic dispensation who scores an “A” in security and other parameters was late Musa Yar’Adua of esteemed memory. I have celebrated his legacy in an article I published in February of 2014 [http://ends.ng/umaru-musa-yaradua-the-legacy-of-a-president/]. Inheriting terror in the Niger Delta, late Yar’Adua swiftly

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JUNE 12 AND THE BURDEN OF GOOD GOVERNANCE by Timi Frank

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2018

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Dear Sir,            JUNE 12 AND THE BURDEN OF GOOD GOVERNANCE It is with great delight that I write this open letter to you, Mr. President, and wish to congratulate you and all Nigerians for the great honour done to late chief MKO Abiola and […]

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The Trump Doctrine: You Must Earn Your Seat At My Table

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2018

The Trump doctrine cannot be more succinctly captured: “you must earn your seat at my table.” Cry your eyes out, babies of the world, Trump is not your daddy. They said Trump does not like Muslims. Do you like yourselves? Suddenly you will hear Sunni Muslims tell you how they despise Shia Muslims and how […]