NEWS

FCTA not into your Anambra type of mad man advice induced beer parlour development, Wike’s aide mocks Obi

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has told the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to rescue himself from the political wilderness that he is presently, rather than jumping up and down, seeking media

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Turnah Felicitates Lere Olayinka on Birthday Anniversary

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2025

The Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, and Acting Chairman of the PDP in Bayelsa State, Hon. Barr. Alabh George Turnah, MON, has extended warm felicitations to renowned media practitioner and PDP stalwart, Lere Olayinka, on the occasion of his birthday. Hon. Turnah described Olayinka as “a courageous voice in our democracy […]

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Consequences of a Life Built on Scams Catching Up with Sowore, Wike’s Aide Declares

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2025

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, has accused self-styled activist and SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore of being haunted by his own fraudulent past. Olayinka dismissed Sowore’s claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Wike plotted to assassinate him as “just

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Olayinka Hits Back: Sowore Has No Moral Standing to Call Tinubu a Criminal

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2025

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused Omoyele Sowore, former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), of hypocrisy. In a statement shared on social media on Friday, Olayinka criticized Sowore for labeling President Bola Tinubu a

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Between Lere Olayinka and Rufai Oseni…

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 7 September, 2025). “What is the difference between journalists on one hand and broadcasters, presenters, radio and television personalities, news anchors and talk-show hosts on the other?” You must be familiar with the […]

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2027: PDP Zoning Presidency To South Is Coming Too Late – Wike’s Aide

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2025

Lere Olayinka, spokesperson to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South is belated and unlikely to change the party’s political fortunes. Olayinka, who spoke on Channels Television on Wednesday, argued that the PDP missed its […]