COLUMNS

Bridging the gaps in budget implementation

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Tunde Rahman To state that there are gaps in the implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets is actually stating the obvious. One does not need to be an economist or an expert in fiscal matters to know this. Top government functionaries charged with budgetary matters have all made the point

NEWS

President Tinubu Departs for Europe Ahead of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Summit

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday, December 28, departed Lagos for Europe as part of his end-of-year break, ahead of an official engagement in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The President has been invited by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, to participate in the 2026 edition […]

COLUMNS

Where Does The PDP Go From Here?

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dropped the bombshell that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had feared most in its December 23, 2025, communication with the party. The electoral commission’s stance that it would be unable to effect changes in the leadership data of the party in its custody was […]

NEWS

Reports of Bello Turji’s killing in US airstrike false- Zagazola fact-check

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

Reports making the rounds that notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, was killed in a United States airstrike are false, Zagazola Makama’s fact-checking platform has confirmed. Findings by Zagazola Fact Check indicate that Turji is alive and currently taking refuge at Dubagale, north of Dan Adama village, in Sabon Birni in Sokoto located,  about 25 kilometres […]

Sport

Chelle’s Subs and Nwabali’s Primordial Performance

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Kunle Awosiyan The Super Eagles delivered a grade “A” performance for about 70 minutes against Tunisia on Saturday, scoring three goals in a display the North African side clearly did not anticipate. As I watched the match, one question kept recurring: How did Tunisia qualify for the World Cup, while Nigeria with all its […]

NEWS

NDLEA nabs ex-convict, three others over cocaine hidden in liquid starch bound for UK

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a previously convicted drug trafficker and three accomplices after intercepting a consignment of cocaine concealed in sealed sachets of liquid starch meant for export to the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. According to a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of