NEWS

UN Envoy Blasts Nigeria’s Security Collapse, Warns Impunity Fuelling Cycle of Violence, Rights Breakdown

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea, has delivered one of the starkest international assessments yet of Nigeria’s security situation, warning that entrenched impunity and collapsing accountability systems are fuelling a self-perpetuating cycle

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Alleged Militia Leader Admitted Leading Over 100 Attackers in Riyom, DSS Tells Court

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has heard allegations that a suspected militia leader, Adamu Alhassan Isa, popularly known as Shagari Bangai, admitted to leading more than 100 armed men in attacks on Vom and several communities in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. A Department of State Services (DSS) officer, who […]

BUSINESS

Abiodun Defends Record on Dangote Refinery, Reaffirms Commitment to Ogun Deep Sea Port

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has dismissed allegations linking him to the relocation of the Dangote Refinery from Ogun State to Lagos, insisting that the decision was taken before he assumed office, while reaffirming his administration’s commitment to the proposed Deep Sea Port project in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area. The governor also disclosed […]

NEWS

Interagency Rivalry Fuelling Nigeria’s Insecurity, NSCDC Commandant Warns

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

Interagency rivalry and the inability of security institutions to work seamlessly together are undermining Nigeria’s response to insecurity, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Olusola Odumosu, has warned. Odumosu raised the alarm on Friday in Abuja at the launch of his book, Nigeria’s Security

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Court Jails Mother, Sister of Notorious Bandit Leader Battujo for 20 Years Each

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the mother and sister of slain terrorist kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to 20 years imprisonment each for aiding his activities and concealing information that could have led to his arrest. The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to terrorism-related charges […]

NEWS

Yakubu Arrives in Qatar as Nigeria’s Ambassador, Begins Diplomatic Mission

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has arrived in Doha to formally assume his duties as Nigeria’s ambassador to Qatar. Yakubu landed in the Qatari capital on Wednesday and was received at the airport by Ibrahim Fakhro, Director of the Protocol Department at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, alongside 13 […]