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Tinubu and the US-Nigeria Health Cooperation of Controversy

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2026

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Perhaps, as part of efforts towards rapprochement and strengthening US-Nigeria relations after weeks of diplomatic row, a new health deal between the two countries was sealed and made public on 21 December 2025. However, there are concerns over the content and spirit of

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Malami: Open Letter To Director General, DSS

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2026

9th January 2026. HOW MALAMI INTRODUCED NARCO-TERRORISM INTO NIGERIA BUT HE DID NOT ACT ALONE, HE HAD ACCOMPLICES SUCH AS DAYO APATA, SAN, FORMER PERMANENT SECRETARY, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, MONDAY ONYEKACHI UBANI, SAN, SAKABA ISHAKU, AG. HEAD OF INVESTIGATION DIVISION, ICPC AND JOHN O. ASEIN, DG, NIGERIAN COPYRIGHT COMMISSION (JUST TO MENTION A FEW)” […]

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Wike, Fubara, And A Captured State

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde In the last couple of days, Rivers State has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Since the 2023 general elections that returned Siminalayi Fubara as the Governor of the State, the state has not enjoyed any semblance of peace beyond six months. The state and its development has been bogged […]

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The Arbiter: Why they must attack Iran, again. And again

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

By Hassan Gimba “And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient” – Qur’an 2:155 Iran, once known as ancient Persia, is home to 95 million people and boasts a civilisation stretching back 100,000 years. The Persian […]

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Nigeria Is Resource Rich But Economically Poor!

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2026

By Nick Agule The United States is budgeting $1.5 trillion for its military alone. Nigeria, by contrast, budgets roughly $40 billion for the entire country for all sectors! Out of that $40 billion, only about $3.5 billion is allocated to defence. Yet, Nigeria and the US are buying missiles and other military hardware from the […]

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Osimhen: The arrogance of a ghetto hero

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, January 9, 2026) Before the raving hawk disappeared into the sunny afternoon sky, the mother hen caught a glimpse of it just in time. Squawking and clucking, the brown mother hen sounded a throaty alarm, frantically calling on her 11 chicks, who sprinted into the sanctuary […]