NEWS

Troops neutralise key Boko Haram commanders in Bama airstrikes

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, supported by Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force platforms, have neutralised several key Boko Haram terrorist commanders during coordinated airstrikes in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the airstrikes were conducted on

BUSINESS

President Tinubu approves debt write-off for NNPC – $1.42bn & N5.57tn cancelled

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has approved the cancellation of a substantial portion of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd)’s outstanding debts owed to the Federation Account, effectively wiping out approximately $1.42 billion in legacy obligations. The decision, detailed in a document by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)

NEWS

Just in: DSS Arrests Gang Leader, Murderers of Prof. Ekanem Philip Ephraim

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

A credible source has confirmed that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Dec 27, arrested the leader of the gang and another, who kidnapped and murdered a prominent professor of neurology, Ekanem Philip Ephraim in 2023 The gang leader, Patrick Essien Etim, 23, and his accomplice, Bassey Antiha Asuquo, 40, were apprehended […]

COLUMNS

Trump’s Christmas Gift And 2025 In Retrospect

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde In the next forty-eight hours, the world would bid goodbye to the year 2025 and usher in a New Year. As it is our practice, The Discourse will today, review the outgoing year, point out areas of progress in our national life, and offer suggestions on what we can do better to […]

COLUMNS

APC Till 2031: A Deep Look at the Political Mastery of Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo In the complex and often unpredictable landscape of Nigerian politics, few leaders have left as enduring a mark as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. To many, he is not just a politician — he is a strategist with rare political instincts, an architect of alliances, and a leader whose influence has reshaped party […]

FEATURES

Nigeria’s Political Triangle: Lagos, Rivers, and Kano—A Pattern on the Verge of Breaking

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Sunday OladapoNigeria’s political history is often written in patterns, alliances, and shifting loyalties, but few patterns have been as consistent—or as intriguing—as the divergent governance of its three most politically significant states: Lagos, Rivers, and Kano. For over six decades, these states have never been simultaneously governed by a single political party.