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Peter Obi’s Dangerous Game

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2025

By Azu IshiekwenePeter Obi has the best chance against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 of all opposition candidates. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have received a slightly higher percentage of the votes (6.9 million or 29.1 percent) in the last

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Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan: What Is The Judgment?

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2025

By Olufemi Aduwo In the interpretive hierarchy of judicial pronouncements, it is an elementary but enduring principle of law that obiter dicta, however persuasive or pronounced from the loftiest judicial altars, do not assume the force of law. The binding component of a judgment is the ratio decidendi – that is, the legal principle or […]

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OPEN LETTER TO RT HON KEMI BADENOCH MP

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2025

Subject: A Call for Balanced Engagement with Nigeria, the Land of your Birth. July 22, 2025. Dear Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch, I write to you with profound respect and recognition of your remarkable journey from your early years in Nigeria to your distinguished leadership as Secretary of State for Business and Trade in the United […]

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The Legacies Of Buhari And Awujale

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2025

By Kazeem AkintundeThe death of two prominent Nigerians, who were also bosom friends and passed away few hours apart last week Sunday, has once again shown the all-powerful nature of God. Former President Muhammadu Buhari died in a London Clinic at the age of 82, while the Awujale of Ijebu Land, Oba Sikiru Adetona gave […]

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Electricity Subsidy: Before We Open Another Scam Frontier

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa The lead story of The Punch edition of Friday, July 18, was capable of raising the blood pressure of many family heads in this country. The headline read: Shocking surge: Electricity subsidy jumps 220% to nearly N2tn. The headline detailed the sudden rise in the nation’s electricity subsidy scheme between 2023 and […]

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Buhari. May our subsequent leaders die at home (1)

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2025

By Hassan Gimba “The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.” – Imam Ali (AS) Many people may expect me to write about the late President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Nigerian Army Major General who was many things to many people and different things to different people. Alive, […]