COLUMNS

Tinubu’s Strategic Maneuver: Balancing Ethno-Religious Dynamics in Appointing Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda as APC Acting National Chairman

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2025

By Oliver Okeke [Don Olive] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political acumen was on full display in a move that caught many within the All Progressives Congress (APC) off guard. Like a bolt from the blue, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda emerged as the anointed replacement for the outgoing APC National

COLUMNS

What ADC will do differently from APC… – 1.

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Two weeks ago in this column, I asked what the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the emerging coalition of some of the country’s leading politicians, will do differently from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). An amused reader called and engaged me in the argument you are about to read. […]

LEAD STORY 2

APC Elects Professor Yilwanta National Chairman

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2025

Humanitarian Minister Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda is the new chairman of the All Progressives Congress. He was elected unanimously by the National Executive Committee of the party on Thursday. Yilwatda replaces Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who resigned for crucial private matters. Here is a profile of Yilwatda: Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda is a distinguished academic,

Politics

Three PDP Senators defect to APC during Senate plenary

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2025

Three senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during plenary at the Senate chamber, National Assembly, Abuja, on Wednesday. The defection, which took place during a session presided over by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, involved Senator Akpan Ekong Samson (Akwa lIbom South), Senator

NEWS

APC shuts down ‘Buhari House’

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the temporary closure of its national secretariat, popularly known as ‘Buhari House’, in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in London at the age of 82 following a brief illness. According to a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the […]

COLUMNS

A Tactical Cold War Has Just Began

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2025

By Musa Ismail Kontagora, PhD. The cabals in the Villa have succeeded in pushing the VP to the wall. They may be ignorant of the magnifying tendency of this war. He logically declared cold war and willing to give this administration the last straw that will break the camel back. The regrouping will surpass those […]