COLUMNS

Opposition Political Parties And The 2026 Electoral Act

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2026

By Kazeem AkintundeIt is becoming increasingly clear that the 2027 general elections may have been won and lost even before the first ballot is cast. Nine months before the polls, the 2026 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, signed into Law on February 18 this year by President Bola Tinubu, contains

NEWS

Group Alleges Governor Makinde Wasted Another N2bn On Ibadan Political Summit, Calls For EFCC, ICPC Investigation

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2026

A group, the Save Oyo Movement (SOM) has accused the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of wasting another N2 billion on the Political Summit held in Ibadan yesterday. The group alleged that Governor Makinde has lavished over N10 billion from the N30 billion received from the Federal Government for victims of the January 2024, Ibadan explosion, […]

NEWS

PMADIF Congratulates Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies on Appointment as NACLFON National Matron

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2026

The Prof Mercy Ade-Davies International Foundation (PMADIF) has congratulated Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, a former presidential candidate, on her appointment as National Matron of the APC Christian Leaders Forum of Nigeria (NACLFON) and its Diaspora chapter. In a press release issued in Abuja, PMADIF described the appointment as a recognition of Adesanya-Davies’

NEWS

APC Slams Makinde Over “Violent Rhetoric,” Calls Him Unfit for Office

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned Seyi Makinde over comments it described as inciting violence, declaring the Oyo State governor “unworthy” of the office he occupies. In a press statement issued on April 26, 2026, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the ruling party accused Makinde of invoking the violent […]

COLUMNS

Party conventions, democracy and rule of law

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2026

By Tunde Rahman The dust may not have fully settled on the conventions of what is gradually emerging as the three main political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress, African Democratic Congress and Peoples Democratic Party, gearing up for the fast-approaching 2027 elections. Yet, somehow, the unfolding fallouts of those conventions remind me […]

HEALTH

Nigeria Scales Up Malaria Vaccination as MSF Warns of Deadly Link with Child Malnutrition

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2026

As Nigeria intensifies efforts to curb its malaria crisis, the Federal Government has expanded the rollout of malaria vaccines to more states, even as humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) raises concern over the growing toll of the disease among malnourished children. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency