NEWS

NDLEA Intercepts N3.4bn Drugs

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2026

….Arrests Fake Police Officer, Mechanic-Dealer Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other opioids, alongside about 6,000 kilogrammes of cannabis, in a nationwide crackdown that yielded

NEWS

Akpabio In Italy, Offers Prayers For End To Banditry, Terrorism In Nigeria

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2026

As Nigeria prepares for the conduct of general elections to usher in fresh sets of political office holders across the country, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre PIO, at St Giovanni Rotondo in Italy, to offer prayers to God for a peaceful 2027 elections and an end […]

Politics

APC Wins Four Of Five By-Elections, APM Takes Bauchi Seat

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) won four of the five by-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta states on Saturday, September 19, 2026, while the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) secured one seat. INEC’s results portal lists the five contests as the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency, Dawakin

COLUMNS

APC Govs vs Wike: 2031 is coming too early

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa, PhD (Published by the Sunday Tribune, September 20, 2026) The feud between the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has been brewing for a long time. Although the bubble appeared to burst only last week, Wike and the Progressives Governors’ […]

COLUMNS

The Sunday Stew: The Four Enoughs of the Sundiata Post Model: From the Desk to the World

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2026

By Max Amuchie There is something almost deceptively ordinary about a notebook. It is paper. A surface for writing. It may sit on a desk, in a drawer, beside a bed or, under less ordinary circumstances, in a prison cell. Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks are one of the great reminders that the physical circumstances in […]

BUSINESS NEWS

NMDPRA: Petrol Prices Driven By Market Forces, Not Regulatory Fixing

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2026

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has clarified that it does not fix the pump price of petrol, saying prices are determined by market forces under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. The clarification came amid renewed concerns over the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known […]