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2026 Peace and Dialogue Awards: IPCR, Ufuk Foundation Call for Collective Investment in Peace

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2026

The Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, has called on governments, businesses, civil society organisations, religious and traditional institutions, communities and individuals to invest deliberately in peacebuilding, warning that the

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Photos: NNPC Retail Commissions Self-Service Smart Station in Abuja

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

NNPC Retail today commissioned its first technology-powered self-service smart station along Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, Abuja, marking a key milestone in the evolution of the Company’s retail operations. Speaking at the commissioning, Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Ltd., Dr. Mumuni Dagazau, described the facility as a reflection of NNPC Retail’s

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INEC Chairman: AI Must Strengthen, Not Replace Electoral Institutions

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, has said the successful deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in electoral administration will depend less on the sophistication of the technology than on the strength of the institutions, governance structures and safeguards guiding its use. The Chairman stated this

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U.S. Air Force Delivers Military Equipment to Nigeria as Security Cooperation Deepens

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

The United States Air Force has delivered military equipment to the Nigerian Air Force under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement, in a development expected to further strengthen Nigeria’s counter-terrorism and national security operations. The equipment was transported to Nigeria this weekend aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 military transport aircraft. The delivery comes

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Arewa Group Debunks Viral Anti-North Quote Attributed to Akpabio

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

The Arewa Revival Project has dismissed as fabricated a viral social-media graphic alleging that Senate President Godswill Akpabio said Northerners would be made to suffer if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu loses the 2027 election. The group, in a statement signed by its Project Coordinator, Hon. Muttaka Ahmed Ibrahim, described the alleged statement as “false, misleading […]

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APC Chairman Yilwatda Takes Two-Week Vacation to Re-strategise for 2027

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has commenced a two-week vacation outside Nigeria to rest, rejuvenate and re-strategise ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki, the vacation comes after an exceptionally demanding