Tag: Dakuku Peterside
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Reactions as Dakuku Peterside set to release book exposing unvarnished truth about Nigeria
Public Affairs Analyst and Columnist, Dr. Dakuku Peterside is set to launch his book, a collection of essays, the publishers have said exposed unvarnished truth about Nigeria as a nation.
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Israel-Iran conflict: The Nigerian connection – By Dakuku Peterside
When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion in the early hours of June 13, 2025, most Nigerians were asleep. The footage came in fragments—precision airstrikes, sirens over Tel Aviv, defiant chants in Tehran.
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Dakuku links quality healthcare delivery to consistent innovations, capacity building
Turnaround expert and an accomplished technocrat, Dr Dakuku Peterside says consistent innovations in the healthcare sector and capacity building would continue to drive quality, accessibility, affordability, and efficiency of health care systems.
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Lessons of Mokwa flood disaster – By Dakuku Peterside
When the clouds gathered above Mokwa at the start of the 2025 rainy season, no one reached for a weather almanac; the townspeople needed only memory. They had seen the river climb its banks before, had watched water swirl down gullies that doubled as rubbish dumps, and had heard radio callers warn—almost cheerfully—that nature’s annual…
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Japa: The courage and cost of Nigeria’s great exodus – By Dakuku Peterside
I still remember the evening I first heard the term “Japa.” It came in the form of a meme—“If you’re seeing this, pack your bags”—plastered over an image of a dusty road disappearing into a golden horizon. The joke wasn’t just funny—it was painfully accurate.
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Nigeria: 730 days later – By Dakuku Peterside
Two years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the savannah, the creeks, and the sprawling megacities since the last electoral hoopla promised a national rebirth.
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Gatekeepers or spectators? National Assembly’s two-year performance gap – By Dakuku Peterside
Last week’s column took state governors to task, and the response was electric: inboxes flooded, phone lines buzzed, and hashtags trended. Nigerians are starved for public office scorecards that rely on more than rumour and partisan noise. In that spirit, and with the second anniversary of the 10th National Assembly
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₦47 trillion later: A mid-term reality check for state power – By Dakuku Peterside
The halfway mark of any journey invites a reckoning, and politics is no exception. In mature liberal democracies, the reckoning is built into the calendar: mid-term elections test the strength of the governing party by subjecting its record to the electorate’s cold appraisal. One of the defining features of American-style liberal democracy is the midterm performance…
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Can an American Pope speak to Nigerian realities? – By Dakuku Peterside
When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV—an American—it was met with mixed emotions across Africa. For many, particularly in Nigeria, it stirred a sense of cautious hope layered with curiosity. However, it also
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NELFUND: Against a culture of impunity – By Dakuku Peterside
When the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, better known as NELFUND, was unveiled, it landed like a spark in a dry forest of despair. It brought a glimmer of hope, like a bold attempt to democratise access to higher education in a country where tuition fees are a barricade and scholarships are too few, too politicised,…