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Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2026

By Sunday Dare Professor Pat Utomi has once again chosen to dance naked in the public square, playing to the gallery with a familiar cocktail of grandstanding and gloom. This time, he has come to dismiss the reform programme of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as “ridiculous,” “poorly structured,”

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Benisheikh Attack: Situating Security Agencies’ Intel Response

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2026

By Louis Achi At the risk of sounding jaded, intelligence, intel, typically refers to secret, security, or strategic data gathered about an enemy or a situation. It often implies actionable knowledge used for decision-making in security, business, or competitive contexts. This is the focus of this analysis. In the aftermath of the recent attack by […]

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Is The Fear Of A One-party State Real Or Imagined?

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde Since last year, when the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) started ‘acquiring’ State Governors, lawmakers and other politicians elected on the platform of other political parties, especially those from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), many political watchers have cried out in alarm that Nigeria is gradually drifting towards a

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Tinubu’s financialism and some missing links

Daily Dispatch April 12, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa, PhD (Published by the Sunday Tribune, April 12, 2026) In an article published by the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday, April 8, an admirer of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu attempted to place him in the rank of immortals by specifically rating his political philosophy, tagged “Financialism,” as one of the philosophies that stand […]

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(THE SUNDAY STEW) The Insecurity Triad: Money, Land and Mind — The Capstone

Daily Dispatch April 12, 2026

By MAX AMUCHIE A nation does not collapse all at once. It erodes—layer by layer, system by system—until what once appeared unshakable begins to give way under the weight of forces it can no longer contain.Over the past three weeks in THE SUNDAY STEW, we have stirred a bitter pot. We have examined the liquidity […]

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The No Sanctuary Doctrine: Securing Nigeria’s Borderlands With Lawful Force

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2026

By Ademola Oshodi Armed groups operating across Nigeria’s northern and western corridors have adapted faster than the structures designed to contain them. They attack within Nigerian territory, withdraw across borders, and return with renewed capacity. This pattern persists because enforcement has often stopped where the threat does not. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s