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When Ego Flies Higher Than_*_*Planes: A Cautionary Tale of KWAM 1*

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2025

By Gbenga Aruleba I had decided initially not to make any comment on this King Wasiu Ayinde, KWAM 1 issue. But seeing this video just sent to me by Yomi Odunuga, i just couldn’t resist doing this. My first take is that this is not ordinary. In Yoruba parlance, “ Eleyi o kii se oju […]

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Constitutional Impediments to Former President Jonathan’s Candidacy

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2025

By Umar Ardo, Ph.D These days it is commonly discussed at virtually every political forum of the need to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential elections as a most viable solution to the current political imbroglio facing the country. Vanguard Newspapers carried the issue conspicuously today. Whether this move will be […]

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Oluwo holier than the godless Ilorin imam (2)

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2025

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, August 8, 2025) It’s my third day in the serene city of Ilorin, where no fly has perched on my gleamy spacecraft, nor has anyone come near to vandalise it. What curious onlookers have done is to stand in awe at a distance and fantasise – […]

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Ode to the heroine of the press

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2025

By Dele Alake It is said that some are born great and others have greatness thrust upon them. Dr.Doyin Abiola, who joined the Saints yesterday, showed up on both counts. She was the scion of the illustrious Aboaba family, reputed for its elitist pedigree and nobility built on professionalism and class. That heritage ensured that […]

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Tinubu engages the North

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2025

By Hakeem Baba-AhmedBaba-Ahmed “Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it”— African proverb For two days last week, virtually every political appointee from the North in President Tinubu’s administration was locked up in a hall at Arewa House Kaduna, a place with great symbolism. Powerful northerners, many with […]

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God’s Warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2025

By Bolaji Akinyemi Mr. President, OnGod’s Warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: “By the sword of the scribe, the battle shall be won.” It is this divine commission that has defined my life and ministry in the Apostolic for years—a call to nationhood through truth, and the transformation of Nigeria through righteous governance. In pursuit […]