COLUMNS

Ademola Osinubi @70: The mien, the mask, the man (2)

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2025

(Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, October 31, 2025) By Tunde Odesola When Gbemuotor, PUNCH Admin Manager, returned to the newsroom for the tribute to the departed former Arts Editor/Head of Graphic Design between 1984 and 1997, Mr Ben Bayo Oyemade, I was still piecing the piece together.

NEWS

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan invites Akpabio to Kogi project commissioning

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2025

Tensions between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) and Senate President Godswill Akpabio appear to be easing, as the Kogi lawmaker has invited Akpabio to attend a project commissioning ceremony in her senatorial district. The invitation—also extended to all members of the Senate—was contained in a personally signed letter from Akpoti-Uduaghan, which

NEWS

Tinubu decorates new Service Chiefs

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2025

….Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthening Nigeria’s Security President Bola Tinubu on Thursday decorated the newly appointed Service Chiefs with their new ranks at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, reaffirming his administration’s resolve to fortify Nigeria’s security architecture amid persistent internal and external threats. The new military leadership now includes:

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Andrew stripped of ‘prince’ title and will move out of Royal Lodge

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2025

Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Andrew is to lose his prince title and will be leaving his Royal Lodge home in Windsor. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – as he is now to be known – gave up his other royal titles earlier this month, including the Duke of York, after more questions and allegations about his […]

COLUMNS

Tinubu, Opposition and Clemency!

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2025

By Olawale Olaleye The one person who seems to have a grasp of the fitting opposition narrative is the ADC spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. You just must give him his flowers. You don’t necessarily have to like him or his current political leaning. He understands his brief very well and is doing just fine. However, […]

NEWS

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan calls for renewed justice in Ochanya Ogbanje case

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2025

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has expressed deep concern over the case of 13-year-old Ochanya Elizabeth Ogbanje, who died in 2018 after allegedly enduring years of sexual abuse. In an Instagram post, the senator said she was “devastated” to learn that the main suspects in the case had been discharged and acquitted. She urged […]