COLUMNS

The Mathematics of Betrayal: X = Tinubu, Y = Kwankwaso, Solve for Disappointment

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2025

By Mohammed Bello Doka In the Nigerian political equation, some variables don’t change — they just mutate. And in this current political cycle, one of the most troubling equations before us reads like a wicked joke from a cruel mathematician: X = Tinubu, Y = Kwankwaso, Solve for Disappointment.

COLUMNS

Nigeria At 65: Dancing On A Spot

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde In two days’, time, Nigeria will clock 65 years as a sovereign Nation. We should all be rolling out the drums to celebrate and be merry. The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Nigeria @ 65: All Hands On Deck For A Greater Nation’. The theme, we have been told, was chosen […]

COLUMNS

I have heard people say the only solution to Nigeria problem is Revolution….

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2025

And I ask…. who are they going to topple… The Arab Spring has showed that when revolutionary reforms are attempted in fragile states, the risk of collapse is extremely high. Instead of smooth transitions, many states plunged into chaos, war, or authoritarian relapse Yemen is gone…. Syria is gone…. Libya is gone… Iraq is gone… […]

LEAD STORY 2

Tinubu Immortalises Ogoni Four, Sets Stage for Oil Resumption in Ogoniland

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has immortalised four slain Ogoni leaders—Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, and Samuel Orage—by bestowing on them posthumous national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). The announcement came on Wednesday at the State House, Abuja, during the presentation of the Ogoni Consultations Committee report. Rivers State

NEWS

Tinubu Meets Former Rivers State Administrator Ibas at Aso Villa Amid Financial Scrutiny

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2025

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday evening, held a closed-door meeting with the former sole administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting comes as investigations into the state’s finances during the emergency rule deepen. Sources disclosed that Ibas arrived at the State House around 5:50 p.m., […]

Sport

Tinubu: Hosting the Commonwealth Games Is a Vision Africa Must Fulfil

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s ambition to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games, calling it a long-held dream that must come to fruition. In a message shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, Tinubu highlighted the historical significance of Nigeria’s bid, noting that no African country has ever hosted the Commonwealth Games. […]