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Ooni of Ife must be a terrible is a coward!

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2025

By Wale Ojo-Lanre The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, must be a terrible coward! Yes, you heard me. His posture, his silence, his refusal to descend into the arena of verbal skirmishes, strikes, insults, and reckless outbursts from men of lesser stature: is this

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Doyin Abiola: A truly exceptional life and career

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0705 263 1058. (Published in TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday, 20 August, 2025). I did not work at Concord newspapers where Dr. Doyin Abiola held sway during her stellar journalism career; I never even met her in person. If you […]

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Ribadu and the fall of Ansaru

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

By Senator Iroegbu Nigeria’s security landscape has begun to shift. Terrorists are surrendering, warlords are falling, oil production is recovering, and communities once silenced by fear are slowly reclaiming public space. The latest and perhaps most consequential breakthrough is the capture of two of the most notorious terrorist kingpins in northern Nigeria. The

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Alaafin & his Media Aide Warning!

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

By Elu Omo Elu Whoever should be appointed to write for a palace like that of Alaafin should be someone with deep sense of wisdom and knowledge. That warning piece by whoever writes it as Bode Durojaiye is not only embarrassing but also unimaginable with those disparaging words used. Yorùbá will say pẹlẹ lakọ o […]

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From KWAM 1 To KWAM 2: How Not To Run A Nation

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde It was George Orwell in his satirical allegorical novella, ‘Animal Farm’, first published in England on August 17, 1945, that wrote that “all animals are equal but that some are more equal than others”. The novella was a critique of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union under Stalin. The story follows […]

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AI as the new indolence, that Netanyahu call, Salah’s tweet and our Kwam mentality (1)

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

By Hassan Gimba In the past year or so, I have become a sad man. I feel sorry for myself, as I cannot do much to stem the tide. I also feel sad for our youth, who are daily ensnared by the ravaging trend. But I am more distressed for Nigeria, my country, for breeding […]