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Tinubu Sets Up Presidential Task Force to Drive Petroleum Sector Reforms

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Petroleum Reform and Value Optimisation Task Force to coordinate the next phase of structural reforms in Nigeria’s petroleum industry. The new task force will be chaired by Fola Adeola, co-founder of Guaranty Trust

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Tinubu’s plea goes unheeded on Ebonyi’s river of blood (1)

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, March 13, 2026) Sometimes, words create accidental rhyme where meaning does not. Etymologically, ‘Moses’ and ‘Osmosis’ are not related, even though they sound similar, and both bear a sense of ‘passing through’. Osmosis, a Greek word, literally suggests water passing through a boundary, just as Moses, […]

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Tinubu’s Royal Visit and Nigeria’s Reawakening on the Global Stage

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2026

By Jude Obioha Diplomacy often speaks in symbols long before it speaks in policy. The forthcoming state visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom, at the invitation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, is one such symbol, and a powerful one at that. Scheduled for March 17, the visit marks the […]

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“In Nearly 40 Years of Marriage, We Have Never Raised Our Voices at Each Other” — First Lady Oluremi Tinubu

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2026

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday evening reflected on her almost four-decade marriage to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, highlighting respect, patience, and faith as the pillars of a strong and enduring relationship. She spoke during an Interfaith Breaking of Fast (Iftar and Lent) held at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in […]

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Tinubu’s Reform Gamble — Overhauling Nigeria or Testing Its Limits?

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye If there is one word that increasingly defines the presidency of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is disruption. Whether admired or criticized, Tinubu has made it clear he is not interested in incremental governance. His approach signals something far more ambitious — a structural overhaul of Nigeria’s economic and institutional foundations. And as […]

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Tinubu’s Executive Order And Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Industry

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week, sent shockwaves down the spine of many Nigerians in the oil sector when he signed an Executive Order for the direct remittance of oil and gas revenues to the Federation Account. The Order, the President said, would safeguard and enhance oil and gas revenues for the […]