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NAF clarifies C-130 precautionary landing in Burkina Faso, crew safe as mission set to resume

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has issued an official clarification following reports about the diversion of one of its C-130 aircraft during a ferry mission to Portugal on 8 December 2025. According to a statement signed by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and

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Senator Godswill Akpabio: 63 Years of Enduring Impact

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

By Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr On this ninth day of December, in the year 2025, as the nation stirs to its familiar rhythm, a man stands quietly at the crossroads of personal milestone and public memory. Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, marks his 63rd year on earth—another turn on the wheel of time for a […]

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FG directs MDAs to roll over 70% of 2025 capital budget into 2026

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

The Federal Government has directed all ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to carry forward at least 70 per cent of their 2025 capital budget into the 2026 fiscal year, as part of a broader strategy to prioritise ongoing projects and curb escalating expenditure pressures amid revenue shortfalls. The directive is contained in the 2026 Abridged […]

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Still on Obasanjo, Fayose’s birthday fire-works…

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 It is not a surprise that attacks and demands for more expose, as some of the commentators have called it, trailed the first and second instalments of “Sixty-Fifth birthday fire-works…” between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former governor of Ekiti state, Peter Ayodele Fayose. The two personalities involved are

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Court refuses Nnamdi Kanu’s ex parte request for transfer from Sokoto prison

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex parte application filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be moved from the Sokoto Correctional Centre to a custodial facility within Abuja or nearby Nasarawa State. Kanu, represented by the Legal Aid Council, had urged the […]

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At 30, NHRC reaffirms commitment to protecting all Nigerians

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2025

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reaffirmed its dedication to safeguarding the rights of all Nigerians as it marks three decades of advocacy, accountability, and service. Speaking at the NHRC @ 30 Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders Forum and Human Rights Expo, Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Tony Ojukwu highlighted the Commission’s […]