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Women’s Inclusion Key to Lasting Peace, Inclusive Governance — WANEP, GNWP

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2026

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s peace and governance sector have renewed calls for the full inclusion of women in political and peacebuilding processes, describing it as indispensable to achieving sustainable peace and national stability. The call was made by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding

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Maiduguri Blast: Security Forces Intensify Crackdown as Group Urges Calm, Condoles Borno

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2026

The Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa Support Initiative has urged residents to remain calm following a deadly explosion in Maiduguri, the Maiduguri capital, while assuring that security forces are intensifying efforts to end insurgency across the country. In a statement released on Monday, the group expressed deep condolences to the government and people of Borno State […]

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Ogun Retirees to Earn Up to 280% Benefits Under New Pension Scheme — Dapo Abiodun

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2026

The Ogun State Government has announced that retirees in its civil and public service will earn significantly higher benefits under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), following the introduction of the Additional Pension Benefit (APB) initiative, which offers between 116 per cent and 280 per cent of Total Annual Emoluments (TAE). Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this

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DSS Arrests Suspected Gunrunner, Recover 832 rounds of live ammunition

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2026

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday at Ivara Esu Estate in Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River State, arrested one suspected gunrunner, Kelvin Ebikeniye Dugo. Security sources disclosed that the arrest followed credible intelligence on Dugo’s plan to buy 832 rounds of live ammunition from one Azenda Barnabas (alias Jagaban),

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Just In: Aduda Dumps PDP, Cites Internal Crisis

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2026

Former Senator who represented the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Phillip Aduda, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The development was made known in a resignation letter he addressed to the PDP Chairman of Karu Ward, where he formally ended his membership of the party. Titled “Notice of Resignation of My Membership from […]

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Tinubu’s Appointment of DG DSS: The Nifty Strategy that Ended ‘Sit-At-Home’

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2026

By Louis Achi The Igbo idiom “Nwoke nusia ogu, nwanyi enwelu akuko” talks about man’s penchant for taking credit for the struggles or sacrifices of others. For the benefit of those who do not understand Igbo, I’ll attempt a translation: when a man finishes a war, the woman takes over the role of telling the […]