BUSINESS

China Opens Market to Africa

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

….FG Sets Industrialisation Drive on Zero-Tariff Policy The Federal Government has declared China’s decision to extend zero-tariff treatment to 100 per cent of tariff lines for African countries a potential turning point in Nigeria’s industrialisation drive, saying the policy could unlock

FEATURES

Sudan: The Closing Military Gap Between SAF and RSF—and What Comes Next.”

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

By Yechale Degu Placed within its historical context, Sudan is currently engulfed in an intra-governmental war of unprecedented scale, characterised by widespread destruction, mass displacement, and staggering loss of life surpassing even the conflicts associated with South Sudan’s independence struggle and the war in Darfur decades ago. On the ground, hostilities continue

NEWS

Obj leads Ogun Senior Citizens on walk in Abeokuta

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday led about 100 members of the elderly under the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library OOPL Senior Citizens club in Abeokuta, Ogun State on about 2.5km walk as part of the keep fit programme of the club. In a release by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, copy which was […]

NEWS

FG: Diaspora, Strategic Partnerships Critical to Nigeria’s Security, Prosperity

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

The Federal Government has declared that Nigeria’s growing engagement with its diaspora and strategic international partners will be central to its efforts to strengthen national security, expand economic opportunities and drive sustainable development. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, stated this at the Dinner Night of the Nigerian

COLUMNS

Poverty, Reform And The Problem of Causation

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

“Why Hardship Cannot Be Made To Testify Against The Reforms That Seek To Dismantle The Conditions That Produced It“ By Tanimu Yakubu The seduction of the wrong conclusion An increasingly familiar claim in Nigeria is that widespread poverty, nearly three years into the reform programme, is itself proof that the reforms have failed. Poverty remains […]

COLUMNS

US-Israeli War on Iran (4): Wetin be Nigeria’s Own?

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

By Hassan Gimba On Thursday, July 30, 2026, Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a 14-member Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition, ostensibly to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. Its practical objective is to break the Houthi naval blockade of Saudi Arabia declared on July 20. The founding […]