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Fuel Subsidy Removal and the 2027 Election: Was Nigeria Ready for the Shock?

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

By Victor E Emejuiwe The conversation around fuel subsidy removal has returned to the center of Nigeria’s political debate following the decision of the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, to make the restoration of petrol subsidy part of his

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Ekiti PDP Disowns Makinde, APM

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

….Says; “We Don’t Support Treacherous People” The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disowned a purported report suggesting that the party has commenced grassroots mobilisation in Ekiti State for the presidential ambition of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in collaboration with the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The

TECHNOLOGY

Liberia: How Nigeria’s Soldiers Paid the Price for West Africa’s Peace

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

For Nigeria, the war in Liberia was never just another foreign conflict. It became a war fought at a distance but paid for in Nigerian blood, as hundreds of soldiers were deployed into one of West Africa’s most brutal civil wars in an attempt to stop the violence from engulfing the region. More than three […]

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NHRC Demands Arrest, Prosecution of Kuje Chairman Over ‘Leave If Not APC’ Threat

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, over his alleged directive that residents who do not support the All Progressives Congress (APC) should leave the council. The Commission described the chairman’s remarks as an unconstitutional assault on

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2027: Youths Hold Key to Nigeria’s Peace, Development — IPCR

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has identified Nigerian youths as critical to determining whether the 2027 general elections will strengthen national cohesion or deepen the country’s fault lines, urging them to transform their growing influence into a force for peace and development. The IPCR Director-General, Dr Joseph Ochogwu, made the call on […]

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China’s $2.3bn Nigerian Buy-Up: Beijing Opens Bigger Market for Abuja

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

Nigeria may be on the verge of a major shift in its trade relationship with China as the Asian economic giant imported almost $2.3 billion worth of Nigerian goods in just six months, marking an almost 80 per cent increase over the same period in 2025. The sharp rise, disclosed by the Chargé d’Affaires of […]