NEWS

Nigeria Turns Forest Protection Into $1bn Economic Agenda

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

…EU, Germany, FAO Back investment drive as country targets 2m hectares restoration, 1.5m green jobs Nigeria is betting about $1 billion on its forests, seeking to turn the country’s growing environmental challenges into an economic opportunity through a 10-year strategy targeting massive forest

HEALTH

Zulum Deepens Healthcare Intervention

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

….Hands UMTH 42-Room Patients’ Lodge Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has deepened his administration’s intervention in healthcare delivery with the commissioning and handover of a newly constructed 42-room patients’ apartment to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri. The facility, built and funded by the Borno State Government,

NEWS

Political Failure Fuels Global Environmental Crime – EIA Warns

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

Environmental crimes have become more sophisticated, profitable and destructive over the past 18 years because governments have failed to muster the political will, resources and coordination needed to tackle them, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has warned. In a new report, Crimes that Affect the Environment – Still a Critical Threat to Our Future, released

NEWS

Akpabio Commends Eno, Says Akwa Ibom Is Shining Example for Nigeria

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described Akwa Ibom State as a shining example of unity, development and progress in Nigeria. Akpabio made the declaration on Tuesday as the Special Guest of Honour at the official commissioning of a newly acquired Airbus A220-300 aircraft for Ibom Air at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo. […]

NEWS

Victory for Fairplay: FDA Hails DSS’ Pause on Sowore’s Alleged Cybercrime Case

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

The Foundation for Democracy in Africa (FDA) has welcomed the decision by the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, to appeal to the Federal High Court to consider halting the prosecution of African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the 2027 presidential election. The group described the

COLUMNS

Speculation as Classified Information : Atiku’s $1.2 million Lobbying gamble exposed

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2026

By Sunday Dare The coordinated media blitz orchestrated around a Washington, D.C. advisory firm is not an intelligence breakthrough; it is a clinical demonstration of desperation. The bankruptcy of Atiku’s 2027 political agenda is writ-large in the unmasking of the lobby firm he hired. Strip away the hyperbolic prose, the counterfeit urgency, and the grandiose […]