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President Tinubu hosts Shell CEO, Executives at State House

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday received a delegation of Shell executives at the State House, Abuja, led by the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wael Sawan. The meeting focused on strengthening collaboration between the Federal Government and Shell in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector,

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Speaker Abbas charges security agencies to rescue kidnaped Kurmin Wali worshippers

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen has charged the nation’s security agencies to rescue more than one hundred worshippers recently abducted by suspected terrorists in Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Speaker, in a statement, condemned the attack on the churches, while expressing concern over the wave […]

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Rivers Chief Judge declines to set up panel to probe Gov Fubara, Deputy

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Chibuzor Simeon Amadi, has declined to constitute a seven-man judicial panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Ordu. Justice Amadi based his decision on two subsisting court orders which expressly restrained him from appointing such a panel. According

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Expert Decries Widespread Misuse of Diplomatic Terms in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

A retired Nigerian diplomat and Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, has raised concerns over the widespread misuse and misunderstanding of diplomatic terms and practices in Nigeria, warning that such errors could undermine the country’s international standing and foreign policy

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Towards a better understanding of diplomatic terms and practice in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

By Sola Enikanolaiye Introduction Over time, it has been observed that diplomatic terms and practices are largely misused and misunderstood in Nigeria. There are publications in the media and commentators who, in their public discourses, make glaring errors, blunders, goofs, and sometimes misinterpret diplomatic terms in the context of Nigeria’s diplomatic practices.

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We Owe Putin an Unreserved Apology

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene As US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada the 51st State of America to seizing and renaming the Panama Canal, and now taking Greenland by any means, if he cannot get the Nobel Peace Prize, spare a thought for Russian […]