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OSOBA AT 78: A CONTINUING POLITICAL RELEVANCE

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2017

On Monday July 10, 2017 about 5000 Ogun State women under the auspices of “Gracious Sisters for Yayi Movement” in All Progressive Congress, APC gathered in the specious private residence of Chief Olusegun Osoba at Ataba Close, Ibara GRA, Abeokuta to launch their support  for the

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The unspoken message in Buhari’s voice note, by Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

When the Presidency decided that it would not make any statement about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status on his second medical trip to the UK where he has now spent half of the year, it opened the door for rumours to thrive and fester. Of course, there is a sense in which the government can […]

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Surviving a Fiber cut: An operator’s view By Suleiman Arzika

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

Nigerian Internet Service Providers are currently struggling with a major disruption caused by a fiber cut to the International fiber cable of Main One Cable Company ltd. It is reported that the submarine cable owned by the company connecting Nigeria and Portugal which conveys a huge chunk of international connections between Nigeria and the rest […]

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SENATOR YAYI: TWO YEARS ON,EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION CONTINUES

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

When he was popularly elected a senator in the 2015 National Assembly elections, many that knows Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola aka Yayi’s antecedents as a legislator both at the Lagos State House of Assembly for two terms and a member of the House of Representative for a term, were sure that Lagos West senatorial district […]

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“MONEY-FOR-POSTING-RACKET-ROCKS POLICE: JOURNALISM IN DANGER

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2017

There’s a very sacred creed in journalism that does not escape anyone who practices by the letters. It is: “when in doubt, leave out.” Similarly, in the realm of legal practice and principle, it is not permitted for one to probate and reprobate. Both principles were savagely assaulted in a rather miserable non story created and presented to unsuspecting

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Two years of Buhari. How did we survive? By Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

It would be dishonest to pretend that Buhari has reached the mark, but Nigeria is not in the hole it was when he took over There have been times when I asked myself how we ended up with President Muhammadu Buhari again. Two years and half way into his first term, the charm that gave […]