NEWS

Global crackdown uncovers $260m terror funds, swoops on 11 Nigerian suspects

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

In a stunning victory against terrorism financing, the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested 11 high-profile terror suspects in Nigeria as part of a sweeping global operation that exposed over $260 million in funds linked to extremist groups across Africa. Codenamed

BUSINESS

Polaris Bank restates support for SMEs growth in Nigeria with launch of ‘EveryDay supermarket’ Yenegoa branch

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) and driving economic growth in Nigeria’s South-South region with the commissioning of the new ‘Everyday Supermarket’ Yenagoa Store. The grand opening, which took place yesterday at Bay Bridge Junction on the Kpansia-Epie Expressway, Bayelsa State , marks the

NEWS

Ibibio royal fathers receive Akpabio, declare support for him, Tinubu

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

The leadership of the Ibibio Traditional Council in Akwa Ibom State has declared total support for President of the Senate and former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They made the declaration on Friday while receiving Akpabio and his entourage comprising some members of the National Assembly, in […]

COLUMNS

Leadership like fire: Akpabio’s path to greatness

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

History, in its long and patient arc, is a master storyteller. Its finest tales often begin with conflict rather than applause, with accusation rather than acclaim. Before the garlands and the gratitude, there is the crucible, the fire through which greatness is tested and purified. The recent wave of false accusations against Nigeria’s Senate President, […]

COLUMNS

Dr Madu, the Shamaki of Fika, who became a doctor through providence

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

By Hassan Gimba Locally known as Dr Madu in his youth and later more commonly addressed as Dr Mamman, Dr Madu was an Iroko tree of a man, full of compassion and a burning desire to spread health wherever he found himself. His six-foot-three-inch height and athletic build — which a champion heavyweight boxer would […]

FEATURES

Between Historical Facts and Fallacies: Re: SHAYKH IMAM YA’QUB ALI-AGAN (The New Sarkin Malamai of Ilorin)

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2025

By PProfessor Abubakar Imam Ali-Agan (A Rejoinder by the Descendants of Magaji Aliagan Family, Ilorin)In a recent write-up shared on the social media on a biography of one of the important scholars of Ilorin Emirate and current Sarkin Malamai, Shaykh Imam Ya’kub Ali-Agan, who is also the present Imam of Aliagan mosque, Professor Abubakar Imam […]