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Now, Nigerians will start reporting Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2025

By Hassan Gimba Nigeria these days reminds me of the popular children’s novel back in the day, One Week One Trouble, written in 1972 by Anezionwu Nwankwo Okoro, a Nigerian writer and medical practitioner.  The protagonist, Wilson Tagbo, begins secondary school, but his flaws

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Now, if Ifa collects bribe…

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 We have been told that as we approach the end-time, there is nothing we shall not see or hear! All things become possible. Yinka Aiyefele told us in one of his songs that Ifa now shouts Alleluia (Ifa n ke alleluya). Now, in the ensuing melee over the appointment […]

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Now, nowhere is safe – Readers’ reactions

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2022

By Hassan Gimba As we do from time to time, today we are leaving the stage for our readers because their voices matter. Now, nowhere is safe (1) (04/04/2022) Awolowo in the 70s said that the children you failed to train will never let you have peace, True or False? Emmanuel Joshua Oluwabankole ———– We […]

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Now, nowhere is safe (3), by Hassan Gimba

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2022

This is the concluding part of this write up, having done parts one and two a few weeks earlier. “When that is not the case, the victim’s faith in his country gets punctured. With the country’s might demystified in his eyes, he can fantasize about the power and invincibility of his captors. Is that Amuta’s […]

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Now, nowhere is safe (2)

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2022

By Hassan Gimba I believe Nigerians should no longer accept to be fooled by those who use their sentiments to get into office. We must not forget yesterday if we want to correct our today for our tomorrow to be great. On 26 March 2018, when we warned on this page under the screaming headline, […]

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Now, nowhere is safe (1), by Hassan Gimba

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2022

First, they came for the Communists And I did not speak out  Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade […]