NEWS

Budget: Tinubu allocates ₦5.41trn to Defence, Prioritises Food Security, Targets One Million Hectares for Farming

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has outlined key priority areas of his administration, with significant budgetary allocations to defence and security, infrastructure, education, and health, while reaffirming food security as a national priority. According to the breakdown, the defence and security

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Jonathan’s community Leaders endorse Tinubu for second term

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2025

Leaders of Ogbia Kingdom, drawn from Bayelsa and Rivers states, have thrown their weight behind President Bola Tinubu, urging him to seek re-election in the 2027 presidential election and pledging their full support. The endorsement was made on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to President Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, by a delegation of […]

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2027: FCT monarchs assure Tinubu of support, hail Wike over infrastructural development

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2025

The Gomo of Kuje, Alhaji Dr Haruna C Jibrin, Esu Sa’Rubochi, Alhaji brahim Mohammed Pada and Etsu of Kwali, Luka Ayedo Nizassan have declared their support for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noting that satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have not felt impact of federal government as it has happened […]

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Tinubu: The Face of a Coward

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2025

By Barrister Wale Ojo-Lanre . Yes.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a coward. I say it loudly.I say it clearly.I say it without whispering. What exactly do you expect me to say? The Yoruba have long warned us: “N wọ́n ki Fi eyan jẹ́ awòdì, ko ma le gbe adìyẹ.”You do not crown a hawk and […]

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Tinubu seeks Reps’ nod for ₦43.56trn re-enacted budget to end multiple spending cycles

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has asked the House of Representatives to approve the release of ₦43.56 trillion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation through the Appropriation (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2024–2025, as part of efforts to halt the practice of operating overlapping budgets and strengthen fiscal discipline. The request was conveyed in a letter […]

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Concerned Northern Elders reject NEF position on FIRS, back Tinubu’s reforms

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

The Concerned Northern Elders Forum has disowned and sharply criticised recent statements credited to the Northern Elders Forum over the activities of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), describing the position as a misrepresentation of the true aspirations of the North. In a press statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Dr. Nasir Manguno, the […]