COLUMNS

Tinubu’s Diplomatic Offensive, Foreign Trips, and Strategic Gains

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2026

….A harvest Nigeria cannot ignore By Jude Obioha In Nigerian politics, perception often travels faster than facts. Few issues illustrate this better than the chorus of criticism surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s foreign trips. For months, critics have framed his diplomatic

COLUMNS

Economic reforms: How did President Tinubu uniquely reshape Nigeria’s economy?

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2026

By: Dr Abolade Agbola In a few months, the economic reforms of the government of President Tinubu will be three years old, while the government will be on the last lap of its four-year first-term mandate. The President’s statement at his inauguration on the 29th May 2023, that “the fuel subsidy was gone,” ushered in […]

FEATURES

Tax Reform Is Policy Not Politics

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2026

By Arabinrin Aderonke (@AderonkeW). Every administration is ultimately judged by its willingness to confront difficult structural problems. For President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government, tax reform represents one such necessary but challenging intervention, designed not for political convenience, but for long-term national stability and economic renewal. The recent

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Subsidy removal, forex reforms irreversible, says Tinubu

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has justified his administration’s decision to scrap fuel subsidies and overhaul the foreign exchange system, declaring that the measures were taken in Nigeria’s national interest and will not be reversed. The president made this known during an engagement with officials of the World Bank, where he explained that the reforms were designed […]

BUSINESS

FG signs MoU with six professional bodies to train 10 million Nigerians on financial inclusion

Daily Dispatch February 2, 2026

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six professional bodies to train 10 million Nigerians nationwide on financial inclusion and literacy, with a strong focus on youths and women. The programme, which was officially flagged off on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is being implemented through the Office of the […]

NEWS

Nigeria settles N501 billion power debts as Tinubu tackles decade-old crises

Daily Dispatch February 2, 2026

Nigeria raised N501 billion in its first bond sale dedicated to clearing power sector debts, achieving full subscription as President Bola Tinubu’s administration moves to address payment arrears that have choked electricity generation for over a decade. The inaugural tranche under the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Programme closed Tuesday with participation