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Niger Tragedy: Ajia Demands Answers Over Death of 37 Suspected Illegal Miners

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2026

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Dan Amanan Fune Emirate of Yobe State. Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, Ph.D., has expressed concern over the death of 37 suspected illegal miners while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger

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Katsina Gov Lauds Military, DSS, Vigilantes For Foiling Mass Kidnap

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2026

….Neutralizing 18 Bandits, Recovering Arms, Livestock The Katsina State governor, Dr. Dikko Radda, has lauded the Nigerian military, the Department of State Services (DSS), and vigilantes for stopping scores of bandits from attacking and mass-kidnapping residents of Gidan Iyado, Kakumi Ward, Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. A statement by the State

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When Privacy Becomes Content: The Dangerous Normalisation of Leaked Private Conversations

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2026

By Ken Harries, Esq. There is a point at which political contestation ceases to be an argument about ideas and becomes an assault on the very boundaries that make civil society possible. That point is reached when a private telephone conversation is allegedly recorded, extracted from its original context and released into the public domain […]

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NIS Enrolls 8,552 Nigerians in Diaspora Passport Intervention

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2026

The Nigeria Immigration Service has enrolled 8,552 Nigerians in the diaspora under targeted passport intervention exercises conducted in the United States, Canada, Qatar and the United Kingdom. The Service said the exercises were undertaken in line with its commitment to improving passport service delivery to Nigerians abroad and under the directive of the Minister of […]

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Experts Warn that Climate Crisis is Paramount to Explosion of Insecurity in West Africa

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2026

Climate change is fueling population displacement and threatening regional stability across West Africa, experts warned Monday as the Second Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament opened in Accra. The warning was issued at the Second Extraordinary Session and Second Parliamentary Seminar with the theme: “Climate Change as a Driver of Environmental Degradation,

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Abiodun Moves to Reconcile Aggrieved APC Members in Ogun East

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2026

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has moved to reconcile aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost in the party’s recent primaries, assuring them that there would be room for all within the party. Abiodun, who spoke on Monday in Ijebu-Ode during a meeting with APC leaders and stakeholders in Ijebu-Ode Local […]