NEWS

Sultan of Sokoto urges caution against fake news, denies any genocide in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asserted that no act of genocide has occurred in Nigeria against any religious or ethnic group. Speaking on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi at the opening of the 2025 Northern Traditional Rulers Assembly Meeting, the Sultan dismissed claims

Sport

NASENI Games 2025:  Halilu Urges Sportsmanship, Innovation

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has urged staff of the Agency systemwide participating at the 2025 NASENI Games to imbibe the spirit of unity, sportsmanship and innovation. Mr. Halilu who stated yesterday this while declaring the 2nd edition

COLUMNS

Dictatorship by benevolence?

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

By ZAINAB SULEIMAN OKINO Less than two years into President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure, everything about him and all decisions now revolve around politics and politicking toward his reelection in 2027. Not that he ever took his gaze off that all-important year—the year of final consolidation, of crowning glory for a man who has been […]

NEWS

US court orders forfeiture of property linked to ex-NNPC GM convicted over $2.1m bribe

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

A United States (US) district court has ordered the interim forfeiture of a property in California linked to Paulinus Okoronkwo, a Nigerian American, alleged to have been acquired with proceeds from bribery. Okoronkwo is a former general manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now NNPC Limited. In September, the district court found Okoronkwo […]

NEWS

LASAA hosts legislative delegation, vows continued commitment to visual order, safety

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) recently welcomed a high-powered delegation from the house committee on environment of the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by its Chairman, Honourable Shabi Rasheed Adekola. The visit served as a statutory oversight function, providing a critical platform for detailed engagement on the agency’s performance

NEWS

CAIDOV calls on NBA to take action against Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, over professional misconduct

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

The Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) has called on the the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to take immediate disciplinary action against Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for alleged professional misconduct relating to his participation in the recent “Free Nnamdi Kanu” protest