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Tinubu: Ade Ori Okin befits KWAM 1, not Awujale crown

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2025

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, December 19, 2025) Blood is thicker than water, so the saying goes. But not in every case. Sometimes, workplace fluidity possesses the same viscosity as blood. The seed of my relationship with a longstanding friend and colleague, Hammed

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Wasiu Ayinde: The shame of a nation (2)

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2025

Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, August 22, 2025) Welcome, the ancient Land of Akoko beckons, where man lived in peace with nature until the day when the king, OlúfimoÀkókó, decided to let his wife into the secrets of Orò, forgetting the stern warning, “A woman is free to partake in Egúngúnfestival, she […]

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From KWAM 1 To KWAM 2: How Not To Run A Nation

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde It was George Orwell in his satirical allegorical novella, ‘Animal Farm’, first published in England on August 17, 1945, that wrote that “all animals are equal but that some are more equal than others”. The novella was a critique of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union under Stalin. The story follows […]

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Keyamo and His “Kwamfortable” Grace

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2025

By Kunle Awosiyan In the face of sin, we often forget the place of grace. We rush to call for punishment, especially when the sin is captured through the unforgiving lens of citizen journalists. Before the age of social media, it was the camera of a professional photojournalist that preserved the evidence for courtrooms where […]

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And the King fell “yakata” on the runway of indiscretion

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2025

By Tunde Olusunle Self-glorification by way of the conferment of verbose aliases and honorifics on themselves, has long been the vogue among Nigerian music artists. Those from the Yoruba country are most famous for this self-indulgence. First generation exemplars of the *juju* music genre, Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi and Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye for

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When Ego Flies Higher Than_*_*Planes: A Cautionary Tale of KWAM 1*

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2025

By Gbenga Aruleba I had decided initially not to make any comment on this King Wasiu Ayinde, KWAM 1 issue. But seeing this video just sent to me by Yomi Odunuga, i just couldn’t resist doing this. My first take is that this is not ordinary. In Yoruba parlance, “ Eleyi o kii se oju […]