HEALTH

Video: Ebola Patient Moved From Nigeria To Switzerland

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

The index case for Nigeria’s first imported Ebola virus disease has been moved out of Nigeria. She departed Abuja for Switzerland today. According to the Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Pate Ali Muhammad, the index patient was clinically much improved, stable, conscious,

COLUMNS

Quirky Activism: As Sowore Rejects the ‘Tout’ Label

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

By Louis Achi By cavalierly weaponizing freedom of expression and deploying a nimble asymmetric warfare strategy against perceived opponents, irascible human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has stomped on many toes. But there are moments when a seemingly ordinary confrontation reveals a more far-reaching question

COLUMNS

A Peek Into Gorgeous Golding’s Mind™: Father, Why Is It Like This?

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

EPISODE 021 I was having a conversation with myself recently after listening to a podcast where one of my favourite divorce lawyers in New York was talking about love, marriage, and the realities of choosing to share your life with another person. And somewhere in the middle of listening, I found myself wanting to talk […]

NEWS

Maccido at 20: Family Tasks Leaders on Dialogue, Accountability

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

The family of the late Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Maccido, has challenged Nigerian leaders to embrace dialogue, accountability and religious tolerance as the country grapples with insecurity, communal tensions and growing threats to peaceful coexistence. The call came as the family prepares to mark 20 years since Maccido died in the October 29, 2006, ADC […]

COLUMNS

Opposition And Candidate Bola Tinubu

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde Aides to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu seem not to be comfortable with the way and manner the 2027 presidential campaign is heading. Rather than holding big rallies in State capitals, with politicians mobilizing their supporters and rented crowds to the venue – through which the popularity of the candidates are accessed – […]

HEALTH

FG To Pay ₦100,000 Weekly To People Isolated Over Ebola Outbreak

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2026

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has approved an emergency payment of ₦100,000 per person weekly to support people isolated or quarantined over the Ebola outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory. NCDC Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this during a press briefing on Sunday, explaining that the support became necessary after some […]