NEWS

Nigeria needs collaboration, not confrontation, hope alive initiative tells US

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2025

A civil society group, the Hope Alive Initiative (HAI), has expressed great concern over the recent United States Government classification of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern ‘ (CPC). The group, in a statement by its Director of Media and Communications, Ernest Omoarelojie,

COLUMNS

Trump’s Threat As A Wake Up Call

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde President Donald Trump of the United States of America is threatening fire and brimstone over what he termed the “persecution of Christians in Nigeria”. He has already directed the Department of War to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria. The American President has also threatened to immediately stop all aid and […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Charlie Kirk Shot Dead At Campus Event In Utah

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2025

US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at a university in Utah. The US authorities said they have detained a suspect in the fatal shooting. “The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. We will provide updates when able,” FBI Director Kash […]

COLUMNS

BAT rejects Trump’s amazing offer

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2025

By Tunde Odesola The presidential convoy spread out on the Third Mainland Bridge like a cloud of bats on seasonal migration. Sirens screamed. Lights flashed. The convoy of vehicles unfolds like the hail of light produced when the welder’s electrode kisses a metal, shraaaah! shraaaah! E plenty like iná wédà to fóká síbè. As an […]

COLUMNS

Again, Trump’s Way or the Highway

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene It’s hard not to love US President Donald Trump. He is the world’s most powerful president and wears his preeminence on his sleeve. Not for him the crooked modesty of the Chinese or the boring self-effacement of the British.Six months after his second inauguration, it’s been one day, one Trump. Two of […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump declares ‘very successful’ U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2025

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that American forces had launched a “very successful attack” on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the highly fortified Fordow underground uranium enrichment facility. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump revealed that a “full payload of BOMBS” was dropped on the Fordow site. The surprise