COLUMNS

The Insurgent Pandemic: When Politics Becomes a Poverty Escape Plan

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2026

By Onono Onimisi There is something I have been observing lately, and honestly, it worries me. Politics has quietly become the new poverty escape plan for many Nigerian youths. Yes, I said it. Somewhere between unemployment, economic frustration, and watching convoys speed past struggling

NEWS

Ogun Introduces Additional Pension Benefit to Address CPS Concerns

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2026

The Ogun State Government has introduced an Additional Pension Benefit (APB) as part of measures to address concerns raised by stakeholders following the full implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) in the state. The initiative, approved by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun, was announced in a communiqué issued after a series of consultative […]

NEWS

Tinubu Hails Election Winners in FCT, Kano, Rivers

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to candidates who emerged victorious in Saturday’s elections held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as well as in Kano and Rivers states. The polls, conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), covered all six area councils in the FCT, alongside by-elections in Ahoada East II and […]

FEATURES

FCT polls: Reality check for opposition’s 2027 ambitions?

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2026

By Ali Abare The noise has been deafening. For months, the political airwaves have been saturated with talk of grand coalitions, strange bedfellows, and a united front to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. We have heard the rumblings from the camps of former Vice President Atiku […]

COLUMNS

New Electoral Act: Tempering Ebullience with Reason

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2026

By Tunde Rahman A few days ago, the National Assembly completed the review of the 2022 Electoral Act, harmonising differences in the amendments passed by the two chambers. In a move highlighting the importance of the new electoral law that will guide the 2027 election process, President Bola Tinubu quickly followed up on Wednesday, February […]

NEWS

Tinubu Hails Tech Pioneer Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh at 70

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to renowned entrepreneur Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh, founder and chairman of Zinox Group, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In a statement marking the milestone on February 22, the President described Ekeh as a trailblazer in Nigeria’s information technology sector, applauding his role in pioneering