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Aláàfin Ọ̀yọ́ cuddling a dead empire (2)

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, January 2, 2026) When he was a child, my immediate younger brother, Abiodun, had a piggy bank made of clay. It was a treasure prized beyond measure. Two adults working in my father’s construction company – Bisi Builders – Uncle Bisi Owolabi

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Fubara deceived us, boasted President Tinubu will force Wike to work for his reelection, lawmakers to pass budget

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2026

A Factional Caretaker Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Rivers State, to Dr. Nname Ewor has lamented that the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, deceived them into believing that he was capable of wrestling political control from the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, only to dump the PDP at the middle of a political […]

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Face your problems, face them with your super powers, Wike mocks Bala Mohammed

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2026

Minister of The Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has asked Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to face his problems with super powers that he claimed to have and leave him out. Wike gave the advice while speaking during his ‘thank you” visit to Abua-Odual Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers on Thursday. Mohammed, speaking […]

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Ex-Lawmaker says Tinubu deserves reelection for erecting solid foundation for sustainable economic recovery

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has been described as deserving of reelection for putting in place a solid foundation for sustainable economic recovery. Speaking during a family thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Obuohia Obi-Ibere, in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, a member of the Governing Board of the South East Development Commission (SEDC), […]

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Tinubu hails Hadiza Bala-Usman at 50, commends decades of public service

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated his Special Adviser on Policy Coordination and Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit (CRDCU), Hadiza Bala-Usman, on the occasion of her 50th birthday, describing her as a dedicated patriot with an outstanding record of public service. In a statement issued on Thursday, January 2, 2026, the President said […]

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Aisha Yesufu’s declaration for ADC: A bolt out of the blues

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2026

By Niyen Tosan The build-up to the 2027 general elections in Nigeria is taking many twists and turns as political actors and gladiators align and realign their interests for one elective office or the other. The coal city of Enugu, Enugu State, the political capital of South East Nigeria, came to a standstill on Wednesday, […]