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Sunday Karimi’s renewed focus on education

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

By Tunde Olusunle It is the period of “midterm” assessment by Nigeria’s politicians and public officers inaugurated into four-year offices as stipulated by the Nigerian constitution as enunciated in 1999. The first quarter of every quadrennial, every four years that is, is usually the regular

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The Mokwa Flood Tragedy

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Every year in Nigeria, a substantial number of lives are inadvertently wasted to floods and other preventable deaths due to lack of proper planning, ignorance, fraud, corruption, and the nonchalant attitude of those in government and the led.Just few days ago, over 200 lives were lost in Mokwa, Niger State, when torrential […]

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Tinubu and the tell-tale ‘ignore’ of Sanwo-Olu

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail 0705 263 1058 What kind of English Language is the “ignore” that I used here – Queen’s, King’s or Nigeria’s English? There is history behind it, which goes back many decades – to those periods when men of principles and ideology, who shunned money, position, and principles and dared the powers-that-be, were […]

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Healing Nigeria in the spirit of Adha

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2025

By Hassan Gimba This article was published on July 26, 2021, after the Eid-ul-Adha or Eid-ul-Kabir of that year. It remains relevant and vital, with a few adjustments, to be re-published. Muslims the world over have celebrated the Eid-ul-Adha or the “big Eid” or “big Sallah”. We are, however, more interested in its meaning, implications […]

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Pounding yams on stubborn bald heads

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2025

By Tunde Odesola Jonathan Love and Taylor Steele are Americans. They are also my buddies at work. Jonathan is black; Taylor is white. The three of us could have perished in a ghastly auto accident on the morning of Tuesday, June 3, 2025, with me behind the wheel. “I need a dip, soda and sausage […]

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Understanding the Flight Announcer

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene Boarding announcements were not an issue when I used to commute in Lagos by danfo, the ubiquitous yellow buses, or molue, the mass-transit lorries, which were improvised for public transportation.The conductors often had a melodious and entertaining way of calling passengers that was enjoyable to hear. They called out in a drawl, […]