BUSINESS

Nigeria’s New Tax Laws: Reform to Tax What?

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

By Nick AguleNew tax laws promise reform, but without reforms in power, security, infrastructure, and fiscal discipline, risk taxing an empty economy! Nigeria entered 2026 with sweeping new tax laws, celebrated as a landmark overhaul of fiscal legislation. Yet controversy quickly followed.

COLUMNS

IMPRISONED BY AMBITION : Peter Obi’s reckless misreading of politics and power

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

By Sunday Dare If the recent decamping of Peter Obi from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress was intended to detonate like a political bombshell, it failed spectacularly. What arrived instead was a dull thud—unremarkable, unsurprising, and terminally familiar. Nothing more. Nothing less. The script had been written long ago, recycled endlessly, and […]

BUSINESS

Fidelity Bank appoints Onwughalu as Chairman following completion of Chike-Obi’s tenure

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

Tier one lender, Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced the completion of the tenure of Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi as Chairman of its Board of Directors effective December 31, 2025, and the appointment of Mrs. Amaka Onwughalu as the new Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2026. The board transitions are in alignment with the Bank’s […]

Politics

Zamfara Assembly Crisis: Six PDP Lawmakers Dump Party for APC

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

….Accuse Legislature of Constitutional Breaches Six serving members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Zamfara State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing alleged violations of the constitution and what they described as the erosion of legislative independence as key reasons for their decision. The lawmakers

NEWS

Zulum Hosts Kanuri Kinsmen from 10 African Countries

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Thursday hosted thousands of Kanuri kinsmen from across Africa as Maiduguri played host to this year’s Kanem-Borno Cultural Summit. The gathering attracted Kanuri delegates from at least 10 countries, including Ghana, Sudan, Gabon, Niger, Central African Republic, Senegal, Libya, Chad, Cameroon and Benin. In attendance were 161

NEWS

Ibadan explosion: Return FG’s N30bn With Interest Since You Didn’t Spend It, Fayose Tells Makinde

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has told the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to return the N30 billion he admitted was released by the Federal Government as intervention fund for the January 16, 2024, Bodija explosion in Ibadan, since he claimed not to have spent the money. Fayose said it was funny that […]