NEWS

FCTA workers receive January salary last Friday

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2026

Wage Award Arrears Partially Paid Amid Planned NLC Protest Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) received their January salaries last Friday, alongside one month’s payment from the five months’ arrears of the Wage Award owed to them. With this latest payment, two months

HEALTH

FMC Abuja denies negligence in snake bite death of Ifunanya Nwagene

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2026

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, has issued a clarification over the death of Ms. Ifunanya Lucy Nwagene, who died from complications following a snake bite, amid growing social media allegations of negligence and lack of medical supplies. In a statement dated February 1, 2026, the hospital management said Ms. Nwagene passed away on January […]

LEAD STORY 2

I was marked for arrest, death in failed coup plot — Defence Minister, Musa

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2026

The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that he was among the key figures targeted in a failed coup plot, revealing that the plotters planned to shoot him if he resisted arrest. Gen. Musa made the revelation during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, days after the military confirmed that some of […]

NEWS

Sambisa Shaken as Nigerian Troops Kill Boko Haram’s No. 2

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2026

…. Wipe Out 10 Terrorists in Midnight Raid The Nigerian military has recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism following the killing of a top Boko Haram commander, Abu Khalid, and 10 other insurgents during a late-night operation in Borno State. Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), […]

NEWS

Nigerian passengers protest 12-hour delay at Cairo airport over EgyptAir flights

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2026

Several Nigerian passengers travelling on EgyptAir flights to Abuja and Kano were left stranded at Cairo International Airport for more than 12 hours on Sunday following repeated flight delays, sparking protests over what they described as neglect and discriminatory treatment. Affected passengers said the delays, which stretched through most of the day, were communicated

NEWS

NDLEA intercepts Brazil returnee with cocaine concealed in private part, soles of footwear + video

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2026

….Over 9,939kg Loud, Colos, Skunk seized in Lagos, Niger, Edo, Anambra, Ondo raids; 12,500 ampoules of pentazocine injection recovered in Kano A Brazil based Nigerian businessman Uche Franklin Onyekwere has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)