NEWS

Professor Akanji Urges FG to Adopt Climate Law Provisions for Persons with Disabilities

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

A Professor of Industrial and Security Education at the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan, Professor Tajudeen Akanji, has called on the Federal Government to adopt provisions of the United Nations Climate Change Act, 2021, particularly those addressing the special

COLUMNS

2027: Should Atiku Withdraw from the Race and Find Peace, or Continue and Live with Regrets?

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

By: Dr James Bwala As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general election, political conversations are already gathering momentum. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar remains one of the country’s most experienced opposition figures and a familiar name in presidential politics. Yet experience, recognition, and persistence do not always guarantee victory. At a certain point, every

NEWS

ActionAid Challenges Tinubu: How Will Nigeria Measure ‘Defeat of Poverty’?

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

ActionAid Nigeria has challenged the Federal Government to attach clear targets, timelines and publicly measurable indicators to President Bola Tinubu’s declaration that Nigeria will “defeat” poverty, warning that economic growth alone cannot demonstrate that millions of Nigerians are becoming more prosperous. The development organisation said President Tinubu’s

COLUMNS

Tegbe’s 24-Hour Energy Zones and the Shift From Megawatts to Money

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

By Sufuyan Ojeifo There is a point at which a country’s electricity problem ceases to be merely an electricity problem. It becomes a problem of economic geography. Where can factories operate with confidence? Where can businesses plan beyond the next appearance of a generator? Where can hospitals, schools, technology companies, markets and households begin to […]

NEWS

Alleged Cybercrime: Sowore’s Subpoena Volte-face Absurd, DSS Counsel Tells Court

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

Counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, on Friday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that a volte-face by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, on a witness to subpoena is absurd and unprecedented. Sowore has opened his defence on the allegations of cyberbullying arising […]

ENTERTAINMENT

President Tinubu Attends National Premier Of MKO Documentary

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accompanied by his wife, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, attended the national premiere of MKO, a documentary film by US-based filmmaker Ose Oyamendan. The screening at the Wole a Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts was part of activities commemorating Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. The film chronicles the life,