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10th NASS: How Ex-Northwest Governors’ Interests May leave the Region bereft of its Traditional Leadership Position

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2023

By Bello M. Zaki From all indications, the Northwest geo-political region of Nigeria that hitherto secured one (or even more) of the four key positions of leadership in the country since the return of civil administration in 1999, will, in the present dispensation secure none. Many attribute

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Should Nigerians bid President Buhari Farewell as the Germans Did to Angela Merkel?

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2023

By Bello M. Zaki When Angela Merkel was leaving office as Chancellor (Head of Government) of Germany in December 2021 after serving for 16 years, the Germans came out on their balconies and clapped for 6 minutes, giving their departing head of government a standing ovation across the country.   According to the U.S ABC News, the Germans […]

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Won’t Anyone Trek to Abuja to Congratulate the President-Elect?

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2023

 By Bello M. Zaki I have patiently waited to hear someone from any part of this country saying he or she intended to trek to Abuja to congratulate the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT); no one signified intention to that effect up till today, the 7th day after the 2023 presidential election results were announced. […]

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Naira Notes Swap, President Buhari and the Currency Hoarding Governors – It is a case of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2023

By Bello M. Zaki I very much enjoyed Professor Chidi Odinkalu’s Naira notes swap discourse on Channels Television last Friday evening. The lawyer and a human rights activist was the first person I heard, except the government, taking the other side of the swap argument. Odinkalu, who swore he had never had anything good to […]