NEWS

Expanding JAS/ANSARU–JNIM violence signals growing jihadist threat in Niger–Kwara corridor

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

By: Zagazola Makama Recent attacks by terrorists linked to Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), Ansaru splinter factions and the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) have brought into sharp focus a troubling expansion of jihadist violence into Nigeria’s North-Central zone,

NEWS

Joint military, police operations neutralise bandits, dislodge networks in Kogi

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

An ongoing joint operations involving the troops of the Nigeria Army and police have led to the neutralisation of scores of bandits and the dismantling of their networks across forested areas of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, CSP William Ovye Aya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday […]

Sport

Victor Osimhen & Ademola Lookman- When False Prophecy Collides With Performance

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

By Dr. Bunmi Awoyemi There is a peculiar genre of public fraud that thrives only where amnesia is abundant and accountability is optional. It dresses superstition as insight, guesses as revelation, and noise as divine instruction. Nigeria knows it well. We have canonised it. We even fund it with attention. Enter the false prophet.Primate Ayodele, […]

Politics

2026: Adesanya-Davies Maintains Party — CUPP–MAJA–ADC United

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, eminent academic, prominent political leader, respected stateswoman, and long-standing advocate of principled, people-centred governance, has reaffirmed her unwavering commitment to party discipline, ideological clarity, and democratic integrity as progressive political forces associated with the Coalition of United Political Parties

NEWS

DSS arrests active staff member who forcefully converted, married lady, disowned another

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of an active staff member, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, who is suspected of forcefully converting and marrying a lady, Walida Abdulhadi. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Favour Dozie, Deputy Director Public Relations and Strategic Communications, National Headquarters State Services, Abuja. The statement

EDUCATION

Teacher redistribution targets staffing imbalance, not punishment – Ogun TESCOM

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

The Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has reassured teachers across the state that the ongoing redistribution of staff in public secondary schools is not intended to punish or inconvenience them, but to correct existing deployment imbalances. The Chairman of TESCOM, Apostle ’Biodun Sanyaolu, gave the assurance in a statement issued on Friday, explaining that