COLUMNS

Handling Conflict Without Breaking the Home

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

Conflict is a natural part of every marriage. No two people think alike, react the same way, or share identical opinions at all times. Disagreements are inevitable, but they do not have to destroy a home. The difference between a thriving marriage and a broken one often lies in how conflict is

NEWS

Civil Society Group Rejects NGO Regulation Bill

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

…Urges National Assembly to Withdraw Proposal The Movement for the Transformation of Nigeria (MOTION) has rejected the proposed Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Regulation Bill before the National Assembly, describing it as a threat to Nigeria’s civic space and democratic freedoms. In a statement signed by its Convener, Hauwa Mustapha, and Co-Conveners,

NEWS

ICPC Pushes Fresh Anti-Corruption Reforms in Health, Education

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

…. Warns Against Weak Governance The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has intensified its preventive anti-corruption campaign, unveiling three follow-up assessment reports that expose lingering governance gaps in Nigeria’s health and education sectors while urging sweeping institutional reforms to strengthen accountability

NEWS

ECOWAS Sounds Alarm as 90% of West Africa’s Economy Remains Informal

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

…Parliament pushes sweeping reforms to unlock MSMEs, create jobs, tackle insecurity The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has raised concern over the dominance of the informal sector in West Africa, warning that nearly 90 per cent of economic activities and at least 60 per cent of the region’s workforce remain outside the […]

NEWS

NDLEA Hunts Down Fugitive Drug Kingpin After 10 Years

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

..Ex-International Footballer Jailed in Cocaine Bust In a dramatic conclusion to a decade-long manhunt, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured a combined 24-year jail term against a fugitive drug kingpin who evaded justice for nearly 10 years and a former international footballer linked to a cocaine trafficking syndicate, in what the agency […]

HEALTH

Global HIV Response Falters as Funding Cuts Raise Fears of Resurgence

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

The global fight against HIV/AIDS is at a critical turning point, with new data from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) warning that reductions in international funding and cuts to prevention and community health services are threatening decades of progress against the epidemic. A special report released on Monday at the 26th International […]