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THE MYTH OF BADAGRY 250 YEAR OLD IROKO TREE AND THE DAUNTLESSNESS OF LAGOS FIREFIGHTERS

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

By Bola Ajao Like the story of the burning Bush and the invincibility of the Bush in the bible where Moses saw a baffling sight on Mount Horeb “the Bush was on fire and did not burn up”, the ancient town of Badagry also in the past few weeks was agog for visitors coming from […]

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The Jagaban Of Nigeria (Borgu) @65

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

FULL NAME:              Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu DATE OF BIRTH:       29 March 1952 (age 65) OCCUPATION:          Accountant, Politician MARITAL STATUS:  Married INTRODUCTION Bola Ahmed Tinubu was elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency in Lagos State, Nigeria in 1993, he also was elected […]

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2019: WHY APC CAUCUS RATIFIES AREGESOLA’S CANDIDATURE FOR LAGOS SENATE SEAT *AS ADEOLA IS PENCILLED FOR OGUN GUBER

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2017

 Since it is no more news that the enigmatic Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is believed to be warming up to contest a senatorial seat in Lagos in 2019, The Parroters can authoritatively report the reason behind the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State Chapter to draft him […]

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Nigeria’s Battles With Boko Haram Scar the Land and Its People

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

Photo A burned Nigerian village seen from a United Nations helicopter flying between Maiduguri and Monguno.CreditAshley Gilbertson for The New York Times While reporting an article on civilian massacres by the Nigerian military, the photographer Ashley Gilbertson and I heard reports that soldiers were burning villages. The militant group Boko Haram, too, has been accused

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Solution to Southern Kaduna crisis lies outside Nigeria – Fulani leader

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2017

The assistant national secretary general of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, Ibrahim Abdullahi, has said that the solution to the lingering crisis in southern part of Kaduna state lies outside Nigeria. Southern Kaduna has been experiencing violent crisis for years now. The latest spell of violence has claimed hundreds of lives. Killings have continued

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They Told Us They Were Here to Help Us.’ Then Came Slaughter

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2017

Sprawled across it, Babagana felt every bump, moaning in pain from four bullet wounds. Covered in his blood, his pregnant wife helped roll him across the Nigerian countryside to a hospital. Somehow, Babagana survived the makeshift ambulance ride. More than 80 men from his village had been shot to death, he said, all of them […]