FEATURES

As Nasarawa works, a call for peace in politics

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

By Ali Abare The political ground in Lafia Local Government has been shaking. It started when the speaker of the local council was suspended. This led to another event: the state assembly suspending the council chairman, Hon. Mohammed Haliru Arabo, for three months. All this is happening inside

FEATURES

Kwara Under Siege: Stop Terrorists Attacks In Kwara State

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

By Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies I Princess Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, I am writing to express my utmost concern and outrage over the escalating terrorist, jihadist and bandit attacks in Kwara State, as a Princess of Ira, Kwara State, and a concerned Nigerian citizen. The recent wave of violence has left our communities in shambles, claiming innocent lives, […]

NEWS

NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in black soap, clothing bound for US, Canada, Sweden

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multiple consignments of illicit drugs ingeniously concealed in containers of local black soap and designer clothing, with the shipments destined for the United States, Canada and Sweden. The agency said no fewer than 907 pills of controlled substances, including tramadol, tapentadol, cocodamol, amitriptyline

BUSINESS

NNPC confirms containment of breach on Escravos–Lagos pipeline

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has confirmed that a reported breach on a section of the Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) in South-West Warri, Delta State, has been successfully contained. In a statement issued on Sunday, NNPC Ltd. said coordinated containment measures were promptly executed following the incident reported on Thursday, December

EDUCATION

African students clinch top honours as KDI school graduates new global policy leaders

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

African students were among the standout performers as the KDI School of Public Policy and Management held its 2025 Commencement Ceremony, reinforcing the institution’s growing role in shaping a new generation of global policy leaders committed to ethical governance and sustainable development. The award recipients included Stephen Ojegbola from Nigeria, who earned the

NEWS

Fleeing bandits’ drug supplier ‘Gamboli’ arrested in Niger

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

….As NDLEA Mother and Child over 1,187 kilogrammes skunk seizure in Ondo Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani (alias Gamboli) has been arrested by operatives of the […]