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Breaking: Speaker, 15 Rivers Assembly members dump PDP for APC

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2025

Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaker Martin Amaewhule announced this during a plenary session on Friday, citing division within the PDP as the primary reason for their

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Siyan Oyeweso: Lessons in virtue and vanity

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2025

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, December 5, 2025) H-o-r-r-o-r!? The lamp has gone out in the ancestral grove. Frightening darkness reigns. I step inside the grove, I grope on staggering steps. The gourd is broken. I saw its shattered pieces. I stagger. I can feel the wet wood, torn drum, snapped […]

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Why IPI Nigeria gave SSS DG, Oluwatosin Ajayi, Commendation Award

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2025

…Justification for Honouring Mr Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi with a Commendation Award Since his appointment as Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) in late August 2024, Mr Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi has demonstrated an unmistakable commitment to press freedom and respect for journalists and media organisations. Unlike in previous years when the SSS was

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Lagos tops in PEBEC 2025 Competitiveness report

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2025

Lagos State has emerged Nigeria’s most competitive business environment in the newly released 2025 Subnational Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Report published by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). The state topped the national ranking with an impressive 85.6%, leading Kaduna, Oyo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Ogun, which completed

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UN Supports Nigeria’s Disability-Inclusive Programme

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2025

The United Nations has reiterated commitment to supporting Nigeria’s approach in fostering disability-inclusive sustainable development in the country. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, in Nigeria, Mr. Mohamed Fall, disclosed this at the commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD), in Abuja, Fall, represented by the Head of

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Governor Sule to flag off construction of USD90m paper mill, Mararaba twin flyover

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2025

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State will on Friday perform the groundbreaking for the construction of a paper mill valued at USD90m in Keffi, as well as the construction of twin flyovers in Mararaba in Karu Local Government Area. Governor Sule disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the opening ceremony of a one-day Education […]