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Assets declaration: The Makinde example, by Taiwo Adisa

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2019

American theologian and writer, James Freeman Clarke, was famously credited with this quote: “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.” The essence of that quote is the typical reality you find with an average politician, especially in the Nigerian

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Nduka Obaigbena at 60: reading the heart of his art

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2019

By Aliu Akoshile  Only few Nigerians have earned a national acclaim with their first names. Those who are old enough still will remember the late Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Ramat Mohammed. He was popularly known by his first name, Murtala. Even after he was assassinated in an abortive military coup in 1976, the […]

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Asset Declaration: The Omolúabí In Governor Makinde | By Mayowa Okekale

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2019

It is indubitable to say that Governor Seyi Makinde GSM means business of governance in Oyo State. Yes! One of the popular Yoruba phrases: “ka s’oro ka de ba be e ni iyi omoluabi, meaning (acting on one’s words makes one honorable), exactly depicts Makinde’s personality and style of governance in the State. In other […]

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As Gbajabiamila moves against opposition BY ABDUL LATEEF TAIWO

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

The House of Representatives of the 9th National Assembly is fast becoming a theatre of absurdities less than one month after its inauguration. A faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have launched a fresh plot to impeach the Speaker, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila. Over the weekend, […]

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Woe of 2019 Jamb Candidates; Who Is To Blame?   By Muhammad Auwal Suleiman

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2019

  It is actually disheartening how undereducated we are becoming in a world of educated persons. It is expected that child should be encouraged to study so as to be able to make impact in the healthy growth of the society, but regrettably the story is something else in Nigeria as students are made to […]

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[Opinion] Oyo govt and the missing vehicles – By Sunday Ogunyemi

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2019

WHAT do Mohamed Suharto, Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese Seko and Sani Abacha have in common? They are all record holders for stealing in public office. They used their positions as presidents to perpetrate what the Oxford scholar, Wale Adebanwi, following the legendary Afrobeat king Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, brands authority stealing.  And if you thought public theft […]