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Atiku Knocks Obasanjo Over Na’Abba Bribery Allegation

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent claims that the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, admitted collecting a bribe from him during the political crisis that rocked the National Assembly in

EDUCATION

Israel, TETFund Move to End Nigeria’s ‘Research Graveyard

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

…Launch Fresh Drive to Turn Campus Ideas into Billion-Naira Businesses In a bold move aimed at tackling one of Nigeria’s biggest development challenges—the failure to commercialise research—the Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has partnered with Israel to inject fresh funding, mentorship and global expertise into transforming

NEWS

Budget Office: No Funds Released to PEAC/PFIPC

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

….Says Expenditure Controls Blocked Spending The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has defended the inclusion of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act, insisting that no public funds were released or spent by the council despite

NEWS

HOMEF Urges Appeal After Court Dismisses Ekpetiama Oil Pollution Suit Against Shell

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has rejected the Federal High Court’s dismissal of a landmark environmental case filed by the monarch of Ekpetiama Kingdom against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and other defendants, describing the ruling as a setback for environmental justice in the Niger Delta. The suit, FHC/YNG/CS/8/2025, filed by

NEWS

Obasanjo to Osoba: Your Account of 2003 Events Is False and Misleading

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has strongly rejected allegations by former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, that he deceived leaders of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) during the political events leading to the 2003 general elections. In a lengthy response dated July 23, 2026, Obasanjo described Osoba’s account, published in The Legal Observer on July

FEATURES

How Obasanjo Deceived Us In 2003

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

By Aremo Olusegun Osoba “As it turned out, unwittingly, we had handed Obasanjo (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, then President of Nigeria) a tool with which he later dealt with us too. After “stooping to conquer” the National Assembly, and surviving the impeachment plot, he later “stooped to conquer” the AD governors and Afenifere. After he survived […]