NEWS

APC extends electronic membership registration to February 8

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

… Shifts Congresses, Convention Dates The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended its ongoing electronic membership registration exercise to February 8, 2026, following appeals from party stakeholders seeking more time for members and supporters to register and validate their

BUSINESS

NNPC Ltd Unveils Gas Master Plan 2.0

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

...Milestone Represents Nigeria’s Dev’t Aspirations, Says Ekpo As part of ongoing efforts to reposition Nigeria’s gas sector as the engine room of national industrialisation, energy security, and sustainable economic growth, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has officially unveiled its Gas Master Plan (GMP) 2026, tagged NGMP 2026. The unveiling,

FEATURES

How Kwankwaso’s ‘unrealistic’ demands crumbled APC courtship

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

Fresh details emerged yesterday on how efforts by the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to forge a political deal with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, until recently regarded as Kano’s “beautiful bride” and a potential election-shaping force, eventually collapsed. Sources familiar with the talks said engagements between Kwankwaso and President Bola Tinubu

ENTERTAINMENT

Nollywood star Stanley Amandi nabbed in alleged coup plot against Tinubu

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi has been arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot involving some Nigerian military officers, according to a report by PREMIUM TIMES. Amandi, a director and former chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (Enugu State chapter), was reportedly taken into custody in September 2025, though details of his […]

NEWS

Federal High Court nullifies PDP National Convention, Bars Turaki, others from acting as Party Officers

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention held in Ibadan on November 15, 2025. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, Justice Uche Agomoh declared the convention invalid and barred Turaki and other individuals elected at the event from parading themselves as national officers of […]

COLUMNS

Descending from Fela’s Afrobeat to Wizkid’s Afrobeats

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, January 30, 2026) Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and their oga patapata. They came to crawling traffic on George Street in Ikoyi, Lagos, en route to Obalende, their […]