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2019: el-Rufai’s ‘Almost Done Deal’ Can’t Be Assured BY SIMON REEF MUSA

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

  A child who is afraid of the burial ground is forced to whistle away his fear when passing through the graveyard. Those whose performance in office has been dismally disappointing are always quick to cover the ground with their words (apologies to Chinua Achebe), but when the time comes

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Gentleman Jonathan and Governor Shettima of Borno

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2018

LAST week, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima attempted a revision of Chapter Four of the book My Transition Hours, written by former President Goodluck Jonathan and presented to the public on the 61st birthday of the Otuoke-born former teacher. The governor’s main concern was the narrative on the kidnap of 276 students from Government Secondary […]

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A Vote for Buhari and Atiku Is a Vote for Thieves and Terror By Dr. Perry Brimah

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2018

I was one in the forefront who helped Buhari win by investing my heart and pocket – pennies not billions like Saraki – in getting rid of clueless Joe. But before the PDP rats reading this jump at me for ushering in the more of nothing-but-terror-and-denigration that the Buhari regime has been, let me remind […]

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2019: The irony of Buhari’s second term by Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

If all politics is local, there must be an exception in Nigeria. Here, all politics is selfish, especially southern Nigeria politics. If President Muhammadu Buhari wins another four year term, it wouldn’t be because of any stellar performances; it would be because of southern Nigeria politicians.  Buhari has always won large in the North East […]

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Elections 2019: Buhari Govt Feeds BBC Same Fake News Tale Twice To Propel “Decree 4” Social Media Free Speech Clampdown By Dr. Perry Brimah

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2018

  In a BBC story two days ago captioned, “Like. Share. Kill. Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people” and written by “Yemisi Adegoke and BBC Africa Eye,” the portrait of social media being used to kill was painted with reference to a June this year “Berom on Fulani” “retaliatory” massacre in

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The claim of Atiku endorsement by the Igbo is fraudulent By Dr. SKC Ogbonnia

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2018

The Igbo nation worldwide should disregard a purported endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by the South-East PDP elements grandstanding as Igbo leaders. Their action is a grand deceit, fraudulent, and myopic. First of all, the individuals who gathered at Enugu with the theme “Ndigbo 2019 and […]