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The Man Called WIKE aka #MRPROJECTS

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

The battle for soul of the state started some  years back. The drama then was like a blockbuster series…… One episode after the other…… Rivers state was literally on fire as the gladiators tried to out shine each other in a bid to win more persons/votes to themselves. I

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GOVERNOR IBIKUNLE AMOSUN: THE SUN MAN OF THE YEAR, SUNLIGHT OF OGUN STATE

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

Congratulations to an enigmatic and sunny personality, the new “SUN of Nigeria”, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the Executive Governor of Ogun State. This award coming from the Daily Sun Newspaper after assessing governance in Nigeria had picked the most outstanding personality in governance –which epitomizes leadership and management ingenuity. This award indeed is ephocal,

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What does Obasanjo know about Buhari?- by Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

By Azu Ishiekwene Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will officially be 80 in March and there are many who think he is hyperactive for his age. He is probably one of the busiest former presidents with a schedule that combines half a dozen foreign travels each month with countless domestic trips filled with meetings, speeches and […]

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Erdogan: A Classic Case Of How Power Corrupts

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2017

Alon Ben-Meir This is the second in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey and what the future may hold for the country. The first article is available here. Much has been written on the endemic corruption in Turkey which involves virtually every social […]

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Turkey’s Erdogan and ISIS New Breeding Ground

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

By Ismail Yakob It is no longer news that for sometime now, the radical terrorist group, the Islamic State also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)  has been terrorizing several parts of the world. The group, which still control swathe of areas in Syria and Iraq, where it originated from, has […]

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Buhari’s death rumor: Who has bewitched Nigerians?, by Israel A. Ebije

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

The extent to which Nigerians have fragmented along ethno-religious components can only be measured in the direction of wish list drafted along unfortunate cleavage based perspectives. The nation is balkanized, serially polarized and dangerously fired up with hate agenda hot enough to make the sun shy of how cold it before the hate heat. The […]