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Once Bitten: Why Nigeria’s Security Agencies Must Be Wary of Nnamdi Kanu’s Ill-Health Antics

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2025

By Onyema Nwabueze from Imo State It is almost a decade from October 2015 when Nnamdi Kanu arrived Lagos from the UK to personally oversee what would become the devastation and desecration of the entire South-East in a manner unprecedented since the civil war, in his misguided and dubious

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Akwa Ibom at 38: Politics of Unity and Non- Partisanship Driving Development

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2025

By Rt.Hon. Eseme Eyiboh Akwa Ibom State, created on September 23, 1987, by the military administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, was the outcome of years of agitation by the people of the mainland part of the former Cross River State. Since its creation, the state has been administered by 11 leaders, including Tunde Ogbeha […]

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France, Others Recognise Palestine: Symbolic Gesture or Turning Point?

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2025

By Senator IroegbuOn September 22, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York and formally recognised the State of Palestine. Coming after similar moves by the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Belgium, and others, the announcement has been hailed in some quarters as a historic step toward justice. To others, […]

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Towards Ceasefire Deal in Sudan: Can the Quad’s Ambitious Plan Succeed Where Jeddah Failed?

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2025

By Sami Abdelhalim Saeed, PhD Two Diplomatic Initiatives for One CrisisOn September 12, 2025, the Quad—comprising Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America—released a joint statement proposing a path to end the conflict in Sudan. The statement recalls that the war has provoked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and […]

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Opinion: African Refining: A Promising Yet Unexploited Investment Opportunity

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2025

By Daniil Moskalev In recent years, the African continent has been characterized by the active commissioning of new refining capacities. However, despite this, there is a problem with the energy infrastructure on the continent, which leads to unavailability of refined products. This unavailability is both a blessing and a curse for the African continent, its […]

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Fubara: Is half-bread better than none?

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 21 September, 2025). “Last Thursday was a day of missed feelings for me – day of joy and day of mourning!” “The conditionalities imposed on Fubara to bring him back as governor were more […]