NEWS

CSO official alleges coordinated smear campaign against BPP leadership

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

A public policy and governance advocate, Okezie Emmanuel, has alleged that the leadership of the Bureauof Public Procurement (BPP) is being targeted by a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated by vested interests seeking to undermine ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s procurement system. Emmanuel,

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Exposing the flaws in the attacks on BPP

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Nigeria is living through a season when outrage is easier to manufacture than truth. A few screenshots, a cluster of unverified figures, and a sprinkling of anonymous sources are now enough to ignite a digital firestorm dressed up as public accountability. It is in this murky space, where allegation is too often […]

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The danger of social media trials and the misplaced allegations against BPP leadership

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2025

By Adams Adamu Recent media reports and petitions alleging massive corruption at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), under the leadership of Dr. Adebowale Adedokun and his Chief of Staff, Mr. Olanrewaju Obasa, have sparked public outrage. Claims of billions of naira funnelled through over 50 bank accounts, luxury vehicles acquired with public funds, and […]

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Procurement: FG rejects US report alleging lack of transparency

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2025

A report by the US Department of State has alleged a lack of transparency in Nigeria’s public procurement contracts, categorising it among 32 other African countries without any significant progress in the fiscal policy space. But the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, in a swift reaction, described the allegation as false and lacking in merit. […]

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Online registration of procurement officers in federal procuring entities closes September 8, 2025

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2025

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has directed accounting officers, namely chief executives, directors general and their equivalent, of federal agencies and parastatals to ensure that the online registration of procurement officers in their respective organisations is completed on or before Monday, September 8, 2025. The directive was contained in a circular dated

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Understanding BPP DG’s case for procurement lawyers

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Nigeria has never been short of lawyers. The country produces them in battalions, armed with wigs, gowns, and a fondness for quoting obscure Latin phrases that leave fellow citizens scratching their heads. What Nigeria has lacked, however, are lawyers who can save a road before it crumbles; or, rescue a power plant […]