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Middle-East crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2026

By Temitope Ajayi President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery. Since the launch of the naira-for-crude initiative on October 1, 2024, Nigeria has experienced a

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APC Chairmanship Timeline: Power Shifts, Politics, and the Rise of Yilwatda

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2026

At its formation, Chief Bisi Akande was the protem National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. Chief Akande hails from Osun state, South West of the country. He was selected because of his experience and reliability. He was also selected because a northerner was going to be the party’s presidential flag bearer. He was a […]

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From Setback to Supreme Power: How Tinubu Turned Convention Defeat into Presidential Victory

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye In politics, moments of defeat often define the limits of ambition. But for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the events surrounding the 2022 convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) became not a dead end—but a turning point. At the height of the party’s internal power play, the stakes were unmistakably high. Alliances were […]

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10 major takeaways from President Tinubu’s State Visit to the United Kingdom

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2026

By Temitope Ajayi Nigeria returned to global significance with the just-concluded state visit to the United Kingdom by President Bola Tinubu. The President and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, played their roles well to critical acclaim. Both the President and the First Lady brought grace to the occasion with their poise, elegance, and comportment. Since […]

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Setting the Record Straight on Chatham House’s Misreading of President Tinubu’s UK State Visit

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2026

By Hon. Tosin Olayinka, LL.B (Hons), B.L, LLM (London) “He who thinks he has caught a tiger may discover, too late, that he was only clutching his own shadow.” That is the problem with the Chatham House commentary by Dr Leena Koni Hoffmann: it reads less like rigorous policy analysis and more like a polished […]

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The Substance, Symbolism of President Tinubu’s UK State Visit

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2026

By Tunde Rahman It is said that no one does ceremonies quite like the British. This much was obvious last week when Nigeria literally strutted the red carpet rolled out in her honour on the ancient and hallowed grounds of Windsor and 10 Downing Street. By the time the curtains were drawn on President Bola […]