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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

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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 […]

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Charly Boy or Baddo bus stop: Two sides to an argument…

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail. 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 (PUBLISHED IN MY “TREASURES” COLUMN ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST, 2025 EDITION OF THE NEW TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER). ” A fruit, as they say, does not fall far from its tree. And when we develop the habit, and savour the taste, of throwing […]

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Whose President Is Tinubu, Anyway?

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2025

By Chidi Amuta Midway into a rather routine and very tepid presidency, President Bola Tinubu is caught in strange identity crisis. Politicians from across the nation are asking the president to define whose leader he really is. The general public is equally embarrassed by what many see as an “anyhow “ government: no focus, no […]

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2027: The North’s Shopping List To Tinubu

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Northern politicians, eggheads, traditional rulers, and opinion leaders, on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, gathered in Kaduna to assess the two-year administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ‘assessment parley’ was put together to enable them to make an informed decision on whether to go along with him in 2027 or dump […]