Politics

Fubara defects to APC

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Recently, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly,

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Nigeria–India defence partnership strengthened as indian defence adviser visits COAS

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

The strategic defence partnership between Nigeria and India received a boost on Tuesday when the Indian Defence Adviser to Nigeria, Colonel Manoj Singh, paid a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, at the Army Headquarters in Abuja. During the visit, Colonel Singh commended the Nigerian Army for its […]

FEATURES

Burkina Faso weaponising emergency landing to attack Nigeria after Benin fails coup

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

By: Zagazola Makama The Burkinabè military junta is using the precautionary landing of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft as a pretext to demonstrate growing hostility toward Nigeria, following Abuja’s role in helping avert the recent coup attempt in the Benin Republic. The continued detention of 10 NAF personnel in Bobo-Dioulasso, despite their aircraft […]

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Kogi Govt says security operatives intercept 21 underage children in suspected bandit recruitment scheme

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

The Kogi State Government has announced that security operatives have intercepted 21 underage children who were allegedly trafficked into the state in what authorities believe may be a clandestine recruitment effort for banditry training. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the government said the minors were rescued during a coordinated operation involving local security

BUSINESS

Breaking: NNPC E&P Limited records highest output in 36 years, hits 355,000 bpd

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

NNPC E&P Limited (NEPL), the upstream arm of NNPC Limited, has achieved a historic production milestone, hitting 355,000 barrels of oil per day on December 1, 2025—its highest daily output since 1989. The breakthrough marks a major leap forward for Nigeria’s upstream industry and highlights the company’s accelerated transformation driven by stricter operational

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Lai Mohammed presents books to mark President Muhammadu Buhari’s posthumous birthday

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

The first posthumous birthday of President Muhammadu Buhari will be commemorated on December 17, 2025, with the public presentation of a book written by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who had served as Minister of Information and Culture in the Buhari years, 2015-2023. President Buhari would have turned 83, but had passed away on July 13, 2025. […]