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THOUGHTS ON THE 2018 OGUN STATE BUDGET 

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2017

Ogun State was in the news recently for all the right reasons. It’s been about two weeks since the 2018 Budget of the State was presented to the State House of Assembly by H.E Sen Ibikunle Amosun in a ceremony that was both poignant and significant. In many western democracies, the presentation

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THE NEED FOR OTHER HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THE JTF OPERATIONS TO LAY WREATHS DURING THE ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2017

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Several nations of the world hold an annual Armed Forces Day Celebrations in honour of their Military Forces. Nigeria is not left out. Consequently, the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations in Nigeria is an annual event organized to honour members of the Nigeria Armed Forces who fought in the first and second World […]

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Atiku, Atikulation And Other Stories by Reuben Abati

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

“I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer.  Going from one port to another should not be an issue or a problem for him. It is in the nature of Customs officials to go from one port to another. When they train Customs […]

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Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode and Nigeria………….. The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi.

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2017

  Sometime in 2006, (I cannot recollect the exact date or month), some selected editors were invited to a suite in Eko Holiday Inn to have a parley with the then Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. As the then editor of THISDAY, I was also invited. Even though the reason for the invitation was […]

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The rise and rise of ethnic champions by Zainab Suleiman Okino

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2017

  There must be something in us that accommodates and promotes the dregs of the society as heroes. We might criticise and condemn them but our innermost spirits and attachment to our community appear to accept them. Thus the nationalist fervour that fired the pre-independence struggle has since given way to ethnic inclination such that […]

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Kakanfo my foot!

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2017

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, to me, is the greatest Yoruba oba alive today. Greatest in terms of his intellectual capacity and his understanding of the responsibilities culture has placed on his divine shoulders. Although the vault of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade Okunade, bespoke on riches untold, Alaafin’s unspeakable wealth […]