BUSINESS

Breaking: CBN Moves to Bar Loan Defaulters From Accessing New Credit

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2026

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed banks across the country to limit access to certain banking services for borrowers with large outstanding loans that have become non-performing. The directive, aimed at strengthening credit discipline and protecting the stability of the financial

TECHNOLOGY

Thrifto: A Nigerian Fintech Reinventing the Age-Old Ajo for the Digital Age 

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2026

For generations, millions of Nigerians have relied on informal group savings schemes known by different names across the country — ajo in Yoruba communities, esusu in parts of the South-West, and adashe in the North. The concept is simple: a group of people contribute a fixed amount periodically, and each member receives the pooled sum […]

COLUMNS

Tinubu’s plea goes unheeded on Ebonyi’s river of blood (1)

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, March 13, 2026) Sometimes, words create accidental rhyme where meaning does not. Etymologically, ‘Moses’ and ‘Osmosis’ are not related, even though they sound similar, and both bear a sense of ‘passing through’. Osmosis, a Greek word, literally suggests water passing through a boundary, just as Moses, […]

NEWS

Ogun Govt Engages Fulani Leaders, Security Chiefs to Strengthen Peace, Security

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2026

The Ogun State Government has convened a strategic security meeting with Fulani leaders, security agencies, and other critical stakeholders as part of efforts to strengthen peace and prevent potential security threats across the state. The meeting, held in Abeokuta, was convened by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, AIG Olusola Subair (Rtd.), and […]

NEWS

Wike Unveils Plans To Extend Infrastructure To Newly Created Waru-Pozema District

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2026

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will provide the necessary infrastructure in the newly created Waru-Pozema District to enable residents and developers move in and begin developments. Wike stated this on Thursday, while speaking with journalists after inspecting several ongoing projects across the Federal Capital

COLUMNS

Tinubu’s Royal Visit and Nigeria’s Reawakening on the Global Stage

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2026

By Jude Obioha Diplomacy often speaks in symbols long before it speaks in policy. The forthcoming state visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom, at the invitation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, is one such symbol, and a powerful one at that. Scheduled for March 17, the visit marks the […]