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Leadership like fire: Akpabio’s path to greatness

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

History, in its long and patient arc, is a master storyteller. Its finest tales often begin with conflict rather than applause, with accusation rather than acclaim. Before the garlands and the gratitude, there is the crucible, the fire through which greatness is tested and purified. The recent

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Opinion: Stop Chasing Shadows — Demand Performance, Not Pay Cuts

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo The recent debate comparing the salaries of Nigerian professors to those of members of parliament (MPs) is not only misplaced but also deeply flawed. It reflects our collective obsession with shadows rather than substance. In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament can legitimately earn up to £500,000 annually when all allowances […]

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The Domestic Goat In Ukana and The Community Yam in Abuja

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

By: Celestine Mel For a time, I held my peace. Deliberately, almost ceremonially. I told myself, “Not every family thunder deserves an echo. Let this one pass.” But the drums grew louder and the dance more disgraceful. The cacophony refused to fade; instead, it swelled into a full-blown orchestra of shame. I realized that silence, […]

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The unbreakable Akpabio: Strength in the face of falsehood

Daily Dispatch October 20, 2025

By Eseme Eyiboh In the grand theatre of Nigerian public life, where noise often masquerades as news and envy parades as activism, one truth remains constant: the measure of a leader’s vision is often revealed by the weight of the storms they must weather. The recent deeply personal attacks aimed at the President of the […]

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Akpabio celebrates Gen. Gowon @ 91

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2025

….Says he remains a beacon of unity, national healing President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has felicitated the former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, GCFR on his 91st birthday. Akpabio in a congratulatory message he personally signed, said Gen. Gowon ‘s policy of ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ after the civil war remains […]

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Akpabio is not a killer — Akwa Ibom elder

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2025

Chief Nse Ntuen, an Akwa Ibom elder and former member, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and has known Senator Godswill Akpabio for over 50 years, has strongly condemned and unequivocally dismissed the recent wave of unfounded allegations and tirade of abuse directed at the President of the Senate. In a detailed statement issued in […]