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How Obasanjo Deceived Us In 2003

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

By Aremo Olusegun Osoba “As it turned out, unwittingly, we had handed Obasanjo (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, then President of Nigeria) a tool with which he later dealt with us too. After “stooping to conquer” the National Assembly, and surviving the impeachment plot, he later “stooped to conquer”

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Gov. Adeleke: We Won’t Sack You for Loving Your Job

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2026

By Kunle Awosiyan About 30 years ago, I nearly lost my job at Fototek Industry because I loved what I was doing. At the time, the late one-man band maestro, Dipo Sodipo, popularly known as Pope, dominated the airwaves. His songs were always playing in our Ebute Metta office on Cemetery Road, where I worked […]

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Intelligence is the grandfather of successful military operations

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2026

By Oluseyi Petinrin Students of military operations, including its planning and execution, know that intelligence is the grandfather of most successful operations. But it is a fact that is not immediately obvious to many members of the public and even to some that have spent years in the military establishments. The ORIRE kidnap victims’ release […]

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From Bills to Impact: How Akpabio Is Advancing the Renewed Hope Agenda

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye Since the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has positioned the Senate as a critical partner in implementing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. While the Executive formulates and implements policies, the legislature provides the legal framework that enables those policies to

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Akpabio and His Architecture of Vision

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2026

By Ken Harries Esq “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” observed Jonathan Swift. Every generation encounters leaders who solve today’s problems, but far fewer produce leaders who design tomorrow’s possibilities. The true measure of visionary leadership lies in the ability to recognise opportunities long before they become obvious, to imagine […]

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Nigeria Has Lost Over 70% of Forest Reserves, Environmentalists Warn

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2026

…Experts, communities demand urgent action against deforestation, illegal mining and extractive activities Nigeria has lost more than 70 per cent of its forest reserves and continues to lose an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 hectares of forest annually, environmental experts and stakeholders have warned. The stakeholders, drawn from government, traditional institutions,