COLUMNS

The unfortunate alteration of the Tax Administration Act: Let us thread with care! 

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2025

By Muhammad Nami We woke up to a shocking report from the National Assembly that specific provisions of the Tax Administration Act had been amended by an unidentified group before the legislation was gazetted by the government. The implication of this unfortunate act by the yet-to-be-identified

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Yuletide: Zulum gifts food items for Christian widows, vulnerable

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2025

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has distributed essential food items to widows and vulnerable members of the Christian community in preparation for the Christmas celebrations. Over 6,000 people will benefit from the gesture, including 1,605 IDPs who have each received a bag of rice, a carton of spaghetti, and a gallon of cooking oil. […]

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A Rejoinder To A Misleading And Conjectural Report On The Akpabio-Akpoti-Uduaghan Appeal By OPR News

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2025

The referenced jaundiced reportage purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is necessary, in the interest of accuracy and the integrity of judicial reporting, to set the […]

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Dangote And The Shady Fuel Sector

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Nigeria’s oil sector rumbled last week, when the Chairman of the Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote alleged that the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, was spending millions of dollars on his children’s education in Switzerland, an amount far beyond his

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Normal traffic flow returned to Abuja–Lokoja Expressway

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2025

The Honourable Minister of Works, Sen. Engr. David Umahi, CON, FNSE, FNATE has announced that normal traffic flow has been restored to the Abuja – Lokoja Highway, following a disruption occasioned by a standoff between truck drivers and military personnel over the weekend. The incident, which reportedly involved the smashing of a truck’s windscreen, led […]

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All abducted St. Mary’s Schoolchildren in Niger State regain freedom

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2025

All the schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Private Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have been released, bringing relief to families and ending weeks of anxiety across the state and beyond. The final batch of 115 students was freed on Sunday, raising the total number of […]