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NHRC: Nigeria Must Overhaul Systems as Ageing Population Faces Poverty, Abuse

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2026

Nigeria’s growing population of older persons is confronting a social protection system that remains ill-equipped to guarantee their dignity, security and independence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned. The Commission said yesterday that poverty, inadequate income, weak

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ECOWAS Chairman Faye Arrives Abuja

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2026

….To Engage Community Institutions President of Senegal and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has arrived Abuja for an official visit to the regional bloc’s principal institutions and the swearing-in of newly appointed judges of the ECOWAS Court […]

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Akpabio Advocates Inclusion, Trust, Opportunity in Democracy at IPU Summit

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2026

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio has stressed the importance of inclusion, trust and opportunity as the foundations of democracy. Akpabio made the remarks on Tuesday in his address at the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU) holding in Arusha, Tanzania. Akpabio who is also the Chairman of Nigeria’s National Assembly said

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Benin Flooding, Okpebholo’s Cluelessness and Tenebe’s AK-47 Mischief

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2026

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Flooding in Benin City is an existential, perennial problem. It does not discriminate. It ravages every nook and cranny of the state capital whenever there is a downpour. A colleague who works in Benin lamented last week that flood has taken over even the Government Reserved Area, GRA, where the privileged live. […]

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NAF Confirms Death Of All 25 Aboard Crashed Aircraft, Releases Victims’ Names

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2026

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that all 25 persons aboard its ATR-42 aircraft that crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on Monday died in the incident.The aircraft, with registration number NAF 931, was conducting a routine flight from Benin to Lagos when it crashed.In a statement on Tuesday, NAF Director of […]

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Akpabio Mourns 32 Victims Of Ondo Military Aircraft Crash

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2026

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed grief over the military aircraft crash near Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, which claimed the lives of 32 people. In a condolence message issued through his Special Adviser, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio commiserated with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Chief of Defence […]