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IMPRISONED BY AMBITION : Peter Obi’s reckless misreading of politics and power

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

By Sunday Dare If the recent decamping of Peter Obi from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress was intended to detonate like a political bombshell, it failed spectacularly. What arrived instead was a dull thud—unremarkable, unsurprising, and terminally familiar. Nothing more.

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Aláàfin Ọ̀yọ́ cuddling a dead empire (2)

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, January 2, 2026) When he was a child, my immediate younger brother, Abiodun, had a piggy bank made of clay. It was a treasure prized beyond measure. Two adults working in my father’s construction company – Bisi Builders – Uncle Bisi Owolabi and Uncle Bayo, were […]

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Aisha Yesufu’s declaration for ADC: A bolt out of the blues

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2026

By Niyen Tosan The build-up to the 2027 general elections in Nigeria is taking many twists and turns as political actors and gladiators align and realign their interests for one elective office or the other. The coal city of Enugu, Enugu State, the political capital of South East Nigeria, came to a standstill on Wednesday, […]

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“Nigeria First”: How local content policy is powering homegrown prosperity

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Every great nation learns to build from within. For Nigeria, that moment has come through the Bureau of Public Procurement’s (BPP) bold “Nigeria First” Local Content Policy, a far-reaching reform that places locally made goods and services at the centre of government spending. It is not just a policy adjustment; it is […]

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If Kano Falls, Nigeria Becomes Lagos

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo There is a running joke in Nigerian political circles: once Lagos sneezes, the rest of the country catches a cold. Today, that joke feels less like satire and more like prophecy. “If the Kano bloc collapses, Nigeria is now Lagos.”It sounds exaggerated—until you trace the political trail of the last few months. […]

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Trump’s Christmas Gift And 2025 In Retrospect

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde In the next forty-eight hours, the world would bid goodbye to the year 2025 and usher in a New Year. As it is our practice, The Discourse will today, review the outgoing year, point out areas of progress in our national life, and offer suggestions on what we can do better to […]