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Aregbesola: Omoluabi or E’eyan-k’eyan?

Daily Dispatch May 27, 2025

By Olawale Olaleye First was the inner struggle on whether or not to undertake this intervention. How to do this as honestly as possible without being seen as making a case for the current “owner of Nigeria” was a concern – a huge one – given one’s long-standing ideology and principles. But

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Misunderstanding insecurity: Hold Sobowale Responsible

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2025

By Dauda Iliya Dr. Dele Sobowale has been every reader’s delight for decades now. His Sunday columns fill up our weekends. Dr. Sobowale writes in his own style: persuasive, lucid and witty. He has carved his own niche with his style of reaching out and pulling along, his readers to whichever directions he desires, well-intentioned […]

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Compulsory voting bill: A wild goose chase

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 A compulsory voting bill is said to have passed the second reading stage at the National Assembly. The aim of the bill is to compel every Nigerian of voting age to vote during elections; failure of which punitive measures would be taken against violators. The youths form the majority […]

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Governor Sule: Celebrating six years of purposeful leadership (I)

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2025

By Ali Abare On May 29, 2025, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State marks six years of visionary leadership, a tenure defined by unprecedented progress, inclusive governance, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. It is a statement of fact that citizens of the state are witnessing unprecedented development strides being recorded within the six years […]

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Assessing Tinubu’s Second Year In Office

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde By Thursday this week, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will clock two years. That should be half way in his four-year tenure as President. It is time to take a critical look at what his government promised Nigerians when seeking for our votes in 2023 and what they have been […]

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Dapo Abiodun: End of the Road and the Parting Gift

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2025

A few years ago, there was a witty and hardworking civil servant in one of Ogun State’s ministries named Matanmi . True to his name—Matanmi (meaning “Do not deceive me”)—this soft-spoken but diligent man often offered a quiet rebuke to the arrogance of political appointees. To their youthful exuberance and self-importance, he would respond with […]