NEWS

Just In: Rivers Assembly Suspends Impeachment Move Against Fubara, Deputy After Tinubu’s Intervention

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

The Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended the impeachment proceedings initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu. The decision was reached during the Assembly’s continued plenary session in Port Harcourt on

Politics

FCT Area Council Elections: AMAC PDP Chairmanship Candidate Steps Down For APC Candidate

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

Less than 24 hours after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship candidate for Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, stepped down for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Joshua Ishaku Musa, the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) PDP Chairmanship Candidate, Hon. Zadna Dantani, has also stepped down for the APC candidate, Hon. Christopher Zakka

COLUMNS

The Road to A Doctor’s Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

By Azu IshiekweneThere Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s literary icon and one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Achebe’s title evokes many things in the mind beyond its primary thematic concern – a journal of the author’s experiences of the Biafran War, which raged between 1967 and 1970. Among other things, it raises the […]

ENTERTAINMENT LEAD STORY 1

2025 Botched Coup: Nollywood actor Hired to Play Propagandist Role

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the actor was hired to play the role of a propagandist by the alleged coupists who planned to assassinate top government officials. Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi was arrested alongside military officers accused of planning a violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Mr Amandi, a […]

LEAD STORY 2

ICPC Confirms Daily Dispatch Report on El-Rufai

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as part of an ongoing investigation. In a statement released late Wednesday, the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Communications, J. Okor Odey, disclosed that El-Rufai was taken into custody on the evening of […]

NEWS

Governor Kefas Meets PBAT, Reaffirms Commitment to APC, Security, and Agricultural Transformation

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2026

The Governor of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening cooperation with the Federal Government following a strategic meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House. Speaking to journalists after the closed-door meeting, the governor described the engagement as “very meaningful,” noting that discussions