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Kwankwaso Asks Fulani Leaders to Persuade Atiku to Quit 2027 Presidential Race

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on members of the Fulani community to persuade former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to withdraw from the 2027 presidential contest. Kwankwaso made the appeal when members of the Fulani

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UK-backed programme targets learning crisis in Katsina

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

…New initiative to strengthen reading, mathematics for IQTE pupils, support over-aged out-of-school children The United Kingdom-backed Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) programme has been launched in Katsina State, with a focus on tackling foundational learning gaps among children in Integrated Qur’anic and Tsangaya Education (IQTE) schools and restoring

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Fidelity Bank Rallies Support for Northern Businesses at Kano SME Forum

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the growth and sustainability of Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) through the Kano edition of its Quarterly Business Forum, which brought together entrepreneurs, business owners, industry stakeholders and customers to explore practical strategies for business growth and

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GOCOP to Institute Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced plans to institute the Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism in honour of its former president and founding member, who died on August 25, 2026, at the age of 56. GOCOP Deputy President, Olumide Iyanda, disclosed this on Thursday at a service of songs held in […]

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The Daily Times We Wish For, But Can’t Have

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene The piece by columnist and former Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Guardian, Martins Oloja, entitled “Why Should We Celebrate Daily Times @ 100, FRCN @ 75?” published on September 5, was an angry one. And Oloja had many good reasons to be angry.  Daily Times, Nigeria’s newspaper of record, was 100 years old […]

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Dotun Oladipo: Beyond death’s bloody fangs

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, September 11, 2026) Before I encountered one of Nigeria’s funniest and roundest fabulists, Gbenga Adeboye, aka Funwontan, I had long encountered a miniature fabulist in Nurudeen Awolaru, my classmate at St Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Idi-Oro, Lagos State. Nuru’s brilliance didn’t shine through the pages of […]