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Mr President, We Are at War, (1)

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2024

By Hassan Gimba We were hit with the sad news of the massacre of scores of people by Boko Haram in Mafa, a village in Tarmuwa local government area of Yobe State. Mafa is close to Shekau, the town that was unfortunate to be the birthplace of Abubakar Shekau, the notorious murderer in the name

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Mr President, salary hike won’t resolve the present hunger

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2024

By Hassan Gimba These days, the words dominating the air are “hunger” and “protest”. And that, we are told, is because of two others – “dollar” and “salary”. Unfortunately, those capitalising on the latter two words to push for the first two words hardly mention the words “production” and “security” which are fuelled by justice […]

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Mr President, please save our judiciary, our democracy, our country

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2023

By Hassan Gimba  “A corrupt judge is more harmful to the society than a man who runs amok with a dagger in a crowded street. While the man with the dagger can be restrained physically, a corrupt judge deliberately destroys the foundation of society.”  – Justice Samson Uwaifo, a retired justice of the Supreme Court. […]

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Mr President, before we fire the first bullet

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2023

By Hassan Gimba Nigeria is mobilising countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to fight the coup plotters of the Niger Republic to restore democracy. The regional body, led by Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed its resolve to use all necessary measures to restore constitutional order in the country, including […]