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Godswill Akpabio’s uncommon story @ 63

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo On a day that marks more than the turning of a personal calendar, Nigeria pauses to reflect on a political journey that has become inseparable from the broader story of the Republic. Senator Godswill Akpabio’s 63rd birthday arrives at a moment when the country is asking itself

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Is Nigeria Getting Better? Nigerians Give Mixed Verdicts at the People’s Parliament Review of Tinubu Administration

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

 An economists, a policy analyst and a diaspora professional sharply disagreed on the state of Nigeria’s economy but admitted security issues must be resolved during a heated virtual session hosted by the People’s Parliament of the Initiative for Good and Informed Citizenship, which examined President Bola Tinubu’s performance two and a half years into office. […]

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Setting the Record Straight on the Defamation Case Involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2025

By Jackson Udom On 5 December 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct. These allegations, as the

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Why Badaru Was Forced Out… And Why Matawalle May Be the Next to Fall: Inside the Defence Ministry Shake-Up

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo A deep, carefully concealed struggle for control of Nigeria’s defence architecture has finally burst to the surface — and what appears on the outside as a routine cabinet “adjustment” is, in fact, the result of months of internal battles, intelligence concerns, and quiet pressure from powerful foreign partners. Multiple high-level sources across […]

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Steadily Expanding Institutional Opening-Up to Forge New Prospects of China-Nigeria Win-Win Cooperation

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2025

By Yu Dunhai, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria In October this year, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was convened in Beijing. The session reviewed and adopted the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic […]

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Brig. Gen. Marwa’s Iron Grip Leaves Drug Barons Restless

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo Nigeria’s fight against illicit drugs has long required a leader with uncommon courage, strategic discipline, and unwavering integrity. In Brigadier General Buba Marwa (rtd), the nation has found exactly that kind of champion—a reform-minded helmsman whose relentless campaign against drug trafficking has shifted the narrative from helplessness to hope.