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Nigeria: The absence of commonsense

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2024

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, November 29, 2024) Long or short distance, life is an emotional roller-coaster journey characterised by doom or boom. Bólèkájà, a Yoruba word for mammy wagon, depicts the rough and tumble nature of road travel in the early days of Nigeria.

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Nigeria, the EPL and the Contradictions

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2024

By Hassan Gimba When ideas, statements, or policies emanating from one source are opposed to one another, conflicting or inconsistent, then we have contradictions. I want to start this with something that has been bothering me for years. It made me propose that it be featured on the cover of Leadership Friday in 2016 when […]

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Nigeria, Rwanda Sign MOU to Strengthen Economic Partnership

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2024

Rwanda and Nigeria have strengthened their economic partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Lagos International Trade Fair between the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) Rwanda. The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 2024 Lagos International Trade Fair, further […]

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Nigeria, Others to Reinvigorate MNJTF to Tackle Terrorism in West Africa

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2024

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has disclosed that steps are on to reinvigorate the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in order to tackle terrorism in the West African subregion. Speaking in Abuja at Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary Foreign Policy Public Lecture, organised by the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria

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China, Nigeria, And Hostage Aircraft

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2024

By Dakuku Peterside, PhD. Every story has two sides, but when a country’s rep­utation as a sovereign and an investment destination comes under threat, it calls for im­mediate concern and action from its citizens and leaders. The recent unfolding of a concerning develop­ment has significant implications for Nigeria’s global standing as an investment hub. A Chinese […]

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Nigeria, Namibia Push for Closer Co-operation

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2024

In a bid to deepen bilateral relations between Nigeria and Namibia, the latter has expressed interest in understudying the operations of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps and recommitting to the ideals of the Nigeria-Namibia Joint Commission of Co-operation. This was the high point of discussions held between the Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Humphrey