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FRSC Credits Correctional Service for Decline in Road Crashes, Traffic Offences in FCT

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2026

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has attributed the decline in road crashes and traffic violations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to its growing collaboration with the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), particularly through the non-custodial sentencing system. FCT Sector

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Fubara Pushes for Sweeping Public Service Reforms, Digital Transformation

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2026

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has called for sustained investment in public service reforms, capacity development and digital transformation, warning that Nigeria must reposition its public institutions to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. Speaking on Thursday at the opening of the 48th Meeting of the National Council on Establishments (NCE) in

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NSCDC Arrests Six Over Abuja Pipeline Vandalism, Fuel Theft

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2026

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested six suspected petroleum pipeline vandals allegedly caught siphoning Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from vandalised Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) pipelines in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The suspects, all males aged between 20 and 32, were paraded on Thursday at the crime scene in

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Nigeria’s Agrifood Transformation Plan Faces Funding Test as Government

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2026

…Stakeholders Seek Food Sovereignty The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, on Thursday unveiled Nigeria’s 10-year Agrifood System Strategy and Action Plan, declaring that the Federal Government was determined to move beyond fragmented agricultural interventions and build a resilient food system capable of guaranteeing food sovereignty,

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Nigeria Becomes First African Country to Domesticate CAADP Kampala Declaration

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2026

….IFAD Applauds Landmark Agrifood Strategy Nigeria has become the first country in Africa to develop a national strategy and action plan for the domestication of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Declaration, a milestone hailed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as a major step towards transforming

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Tinubu Approves Expansion of Nigerian Army to 12 Divisions, Recruitment of 28,000 Personnel

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to twelve divisions as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and enhance the operational effectiveness of the Armed Forces. The approval, announced in a State House statement issued on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and