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Has Atiku Cornered Tinubu on Petrol Subsidy?

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene A few months before the 2023 general elections, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, warned voters to reject any politician who promised an easy road. “Anybody who tells you that it is going to be easy,” he said in Kaduna in October 2022, “please, don’t vote for him. It’s

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Tinubu Orders DSS Protection for All 2027 Presidential Candidates

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to provide comprehensive security protection for all presidential candidates and their running mates ahead of the 2027 general elections. The directive, issued on Thursday, covers candidates across all political parties, including the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ticket of Atiku Abubakar

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Wike blows hot: Says Amaechi unfit for Vice Presidency

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2026

…. slams NBA for acting like a ‘political party’ Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, launched a blistering attack on his longtime political adversary and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, declaring that anyone who once shut down courts is fundamentally unfit to serve as Nigeria’s Vice President. Speaking on Wednesday during his monthly

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Wike: ‘You want me to fold my hands for Atiku to win? No way!’

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2026

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will not remain passive and allow former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to win the 2027 presidential election, as political activities begin to gather momentum ahead of the polls. Wike, who spoke on Wednesday during his monthly media parley in PortHacouct […]

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Atiku’s Inconsistent Consistency

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga called Atiku Abubakar a “perennial candidate for the presidency of Nigeria” in his first official attack on the former Vice President’s promise to reintroduce fuel subsidy. Atiku is the presidential candidate of the ADC. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu himself said Atiku is “ignorant of governance” or perhaps […]

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Speculation as Classified Information : Atiku’s $1.2 million Lobbying gamble exposed

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

By Sunday Dare The coordinated media blitz orchestrated around a Washington, D.C. advisory firm is not an intelligence breakthrough; it is a clinical demonstration of desperation. The bankruptcy of Atiku’s 2027 political agenda is writ-large in the unmasking of the lobby firm he hired. Strip away the hyperbolic prose, the counterfeit urgency, and the grandiose […]