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Saraki Defends Tinubu, Dismisses Betrayal Claims Within APC

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2026

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has dismissed suggestions that he was betrayed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his time in the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing such claims as unfair. Saraki made the clarification while responding to a question posed by media personality

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Ministers, aides in panic mode, as Tinubu withholds endorsements

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2026

By Julius Adebayo There is a growing tension in the Federal Executive Council (FEC), following President Bola Tinubu’s directive that all appointees in his administration nursing elective positions should resign before March 31, in line with the provisions of the Electoral Act. It was also gathered that President Tinubu, unwilling to openly take a stand […]

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“My imprisonment was evidence of the price that can accompany principled positions” – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2026

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that his imprisonment by late military junta, Gen. Sanni Abacha could be seen as evidence of the price that can accompany principled positions. Obasanjo described leadership as both a heavy burden and a profound blessing, drawing from decades of military command, imprisonment, and democratic governance. In a statement

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Breaking; DSS Strikes Again, Captures Sixth Owo Church Attacker

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2026

…High-profile ISWAP Commander hid in Edo Village for 4 years Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth person involved in the 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state, in which over 40 worshippers lost their lives and scores more were left injured. The DSS is currently prosecuting […]

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2025 Botched Coup: Nollywood actor Hired to Play Propagandist Role

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the actor was hired to play the role of a propagandist by the alleged coupists who planned to assassinate top government officials. Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi was arrested alongside military officers accused of planning a violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Mr Amandi, a […]

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Breaking: Tinubu Signs Revised Electoral Act 2026 into Law, Approves Electronic Results Transmission

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, formally enacting it into law and introducing fresh reforms to Nigeria’s electoral framework. The development followed the harmonisation of the bill by the National Assembly, which concluded deliberations on the proposed amendments earlier in the week before forwarding the