COLUMNS

Mutiny in Niger: Russia, AES and the Limits of Propaganda

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2026

By Oumarou Sanou The attempted mutiny in Niger has exposed something more consequential than a challenge to General Abdourahamane Tiani’s three-year-old military regime. It has revealed the widening gap between the junta’s rhetoric of sovereignty and its dependence on foreign

NEWS

Adesanya-Davies Congratulates First Lady on South-South Food Bank Launch

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2026

Former presidential candidate and community advocate, Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has congratulated Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on the launch of the South-South zonal phase of the National Community Food Bank Programme in Calabar, Cross River State. The programme, launched on Thursday at Edeba Primary Health Centre, Calabar, with simultaneous

LEAD STORY 2

Atiku’s US Lobbyist Deletes Post Claiming Trump Appointment

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2026

Washington-based lobbyist Karl Von Batten, who has worked with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has deleted a social media post announcing his purported appointment by United States President Donald Trump as a commissioner on a White House presidential commission. The post, published on the verified X account of Von Batten’s firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., is

COLUMNS

Gen. Christopher Musa: El-Rufai Did Not Create Kaduna’s Division, Crisis

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2026

By Ismail Omipidan How old was General Christopher Musa in the year 2000, when Kaduna witnessed one of its deadliest religious riots, which was primarily caused by the proposed implementation of Sharia? I ask because Mallam Nasir El-Rufai was nowhere near the Kaduna State Government House when that incident occurred. For me, the attempt to […]

NEWS

Okrika Deaths: Bassey Warns of Toxic Environmental Crisis in Niger Delta

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2026

Environmental activist and President of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, has warned that the reported death of at least 37 people at Okrika in Rivers State has exposed the deepening environmental and public health crisis confronting communities across the Niger Delta. Bassey, in a statement, said the incident should serve as […]

HEALTH

Nothing Must Happen to My Health’ — Adesanya-Davies Raises Alarm

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2026

Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies has raised concerns over the reported withdrawal of her retirement medical benefit, alleging that the action followed a request by the primary pensioner and involved Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (RAECL) and Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Fund Administrator