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Breaking: Lagos Govt orders temporary suspension of Lekki–Epe expressway repairs

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2025

The Lagos State Government has directed contractors working on the ongoing rehabilitation of the Eti-Osa/Lekki/Epe Expressway to vacate the site effective Thursday, 4 December 2025. According to the directive, the contractors are to pause all construction activities and resume work in January

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Indigenous contractors protest N500 billion unpaid contract money

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2025

Indigenous contractors and members of their families took to the streets of Abuja on Tuesday to protest the nonpayment by the federal government of their contract money amounting to over N500 billion. The contractors numbering over 100 converged at the Eagle Square, Abuja and matched all the way to the Ministry of Finance where they […]

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Borno: Zulum meets JNI, CAN, stresses on tolerance, unity

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2025

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, convened a high-level consultative meeting on Monday with the leadership of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The meeting, held at the Government House in Maiduguri, focused on strengthening collaborative efforts between the state government and religious bodies to combat the

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Abductions, School Closures and Governors’ Inertia,

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2025

By Zainab Suleiman Okino In the wake of renewed mass abductions of schoolchildren across Nigeria’s northern precincts, the governors of states within these high-risk zones have responded, not really with decisive protection measures, but with buck-passing, blame games, or outright closure of all schools under their jurisdiction. This response, far from being protective,

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Tinubu nominates former CDS, Gen. Christopher Musa, as Minister of Defence

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. The nomination was formally transmitted to Senate President Godswill Akpabio in a letter delivered to the National Assembly on Tuesday. General Musa is set to replace Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned from the […]

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Finally, DSS arraigns Sowore on alleged cybercrime offences

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2025

….Judge bars him from inciting public, undermining national security The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned a politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, for alleged cybercrimes, with the court barring him from further making statements that are detrimental to the peace and security of the country. […]