FEATURES

BPP’s game-changing rules: How new procurement guidelines are shaping Nigeria’s future

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2026

By Sufuyan Ojeifo In the heart of Abuja’s Federal Secretariat Complex, where the air is often thick with the silent language of files, memos, and deferred decisions, a quiet but consequential reordering is underway. It is a reordering not of personnel, but of principle. On a February morning in

FEATURES

How SPESSE is driving Nigeria’s procurement reform

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2026

By Sufuyan Ojeifo For years, public procurement in Nigeria moved to a familiar rhythm. Files circulated. Committees met. Rules were cited. Yet something essential was missing. The instincts that turn policy into habit and compliance into culture never quite took root. Procurement functioned, but it rarely learned. This created challenges. It was into this quiet […]

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, who is of the Baobab Centre for Public Integrity, made the allegation in a […]

COLUMNS

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 […]

COLUMNS

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 […]

NEWS

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. […]