COLUMNS

Questions as Oriire Kidnap Victims Clock 40 Days plus in Bandits’ Den

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa, PhD (Published by the Sunday Tribune, June 28, 2026) The Defence Headquarters in Abuja was quick to announce that there were no terrorist cells in the South-West following the May 15 kidnap incident in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. I contested that claim, even

COLUMNS

Insecurity as Nigeria’s ride on tiger’s Back

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa,PhD (Published by the Sunday Tribune, June 14, 2026) One early morning in 1997, I was deployed to interview Lagos lawyer and human rights activist Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN. As usual, the chief was ready for the interview, but I noticed he was not in his usual jovial mood that morning. I was […]

COLUMNS

Kidnapping And A Nation On The Edge

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde It’s been over three weeks since seven teachers and 39 pupils were kidnapped during coordinated attacks at Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community High School, Ahoro-Esienle, and LA Primary School in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Friday, May 15, 2026. Michael Oyedokun, a Mathematics teacher was brutally murdered […]

COLUMNS

A Party for Nigeria’s Latest Abductors

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene Nigeria’s main political parties are in the thick of their primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections. That politicians can still manage to hold primaries in the midst of a worsening wave of horrendous attacks on communities and kidnappings in parts of the country, not to mention the economic hardship, suggests we […]

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Governor Makinde and his 2027 gamble

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2026

By Tunde Rahman The race to the presidency in 2027 is getting more exciting. Last Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Seyi Makinde formally threw his hat into the ring and organised a spectacle that could only have been funded by Oyo State taxpayers’ money. […]

NEWS Politics

PDP Crisis: Wike Dares Rival Faction to Open Party Account, Secretariat

Daily Dispatch May 6, 2026

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday challenged rival factions in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to open an official party bank account and secretariat if they truly believe they control the opposition party’s structure. Speaking during a live media chat with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Wike accused some […]