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Ooni, Alaafin: Needless War Over Okanlomo Of Yorubaland

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa Saturday, August 16, 2025, was set as a landmark date that would witness a unique event in the annals of Yoruba, Nigeria, if not African contemporary history.  The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enita Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, had signed on to a programme tagged the unveiling of the

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The Arbiter: AI as the new indolence, that Netanyahu call, Salah’s tweet and our Kwam mentality (2)

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2025

By Hassan Gimba But in reality, they do not know who they are, having become vessels for the new indolence that has deprived them of self-awareness and natural knowledge. Their goals converge on nothing more than the hurry to ‘outrich’ Dangote, Isiyaku Rabiu and Otedola combined. The patience to nurture a life following natural curvature […]

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Ooni, Alaafin feud is needless controversy

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 24 August, 2025). “Chieftaincy titles, the crux of the current face-off between the Ooni and Alaafin, have these days become so debased they are bestowed on all sorts; it profiteth Yorubaland nothing” These […]

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Wole Olanipekun: Is he truly the Asiwaju of Ikere?

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2025

By Wale Ojo-Lanre The name Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, evokes awe in Nigerian legal circles. He is ranked among the three most brilliant Senior Advocates of Nigeria alive today. He has produced a son who also wears the silk. He has mentored an army of lawyers, many now towering figures in the temple of justice. […]

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Putin As the President’s Medicine

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene European leaders often portray Russian President Vladimir Putin as a tyrant, a land grabber, and a Russian bear. And following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War three years ago, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, Putin has gone from being a bad guy in Western European eyes to being something […]

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Wasiu Ayinde: The shame of a nation (2)

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2025

Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, August 22, 2025) Welcome, the ancient Land of Akoko beckons, where man lived in peace with nature until the day when the king, OlúfimoÀkókó, decided to let his wife into the secrets of Orò, forgetting the stern warning, “A woman is free to partake in Egúngúnfestival, she […]