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A Pain Too Deep for Words: Farewell to My Beloved Sister, Grace Evbayiro Asemota (née Osayande)

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

By Augustine Osayande, PhD August 27, 2026, will forever remain one of the darkest and most painful days of my life. It was the day death came knocking and took away someone profoundly dear to my heart—my beloved sister, Grace Evbayiro Asemota (née Osayande). There are moments in life for which

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ECOWAS At A Crossroads As Touray Ends Four-Year Era

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

By Michael Olukayode The departure of Dr Omar Alieu Touray as President of the ECOWAS Commission closes a four-year chapter in the history of West Africa’s foremost regional organisation, but it also opens one of its most uncertain. Touray, a Gambian diplomat who took charge of the Commission in 2022, leaves office after presiding over […]

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Two Years In Office: Why Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi Has Become a Defining Figure in Nigeria’s Security Reforms

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye As Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), marks two years at the helm of Nigeria’s foremost intelligence agency, his tenure provides an opportunity to reflect on the evolving role of intelligence in the country’s security architecture. At a time when Nigeria continues to confront terrorism,

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What a Narrow Alley in Hangzhou Taught Me About Prosperity

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2026

A Nigerian student walks through Xiaoying Lane and finds a different answer to a question his own country is still asking. By Mohammad Toyeeb Abdulsalam There were old women sitting around a wooden table when I walked in, not waiting, not idle, working, their hands moved through thread and shell with a quiet confidence that comes […]

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Opportunity or Entrapment? What Nigeria’s Youth Must Ask Before Flying to Russia

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2026

By Oumarou Sanou There is nothing wrong with urging Nigerian youth to look past Britain, America and Canada, or with Russia offering scholarships to African students. Young Nigerians deserve every legitimate route to education the world can offer. But there is everything wrong with dismissing documented security concerns as “propaganda” simply because the offer

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ON THE LEGAL SIDE OF Prof FUNMILAYO ADESANYA-DAVIES’ CASE VERSUS SHELL/SPDC/RENAISSANCE/SNCPFA & PRIMARY PENSIONER

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2026

THE LEGAL SIDE: WHAT DOES THE LAW AND THE RETIREMENT SCHEME SAY ABOUT A SPOUSE’S MEDICAL AND WELFARE BENEFITS AFTER RETIREMENT? The controversy involving Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC), Renaissance Africa Energy, the Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Fund Administrator (SNCPFA), and the primary pensioner has