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Breaking; DSS Strikes Again, Captures Sixth Owo Church Attacker

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2026

…High-profile ISWAP Commander hid in Edo Village for 4 years Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth person involved in the 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state, in which over 40 worshippers lost their lives and scores more were

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2025 Botched Coup: Nollywood actor Hired to Play Propagandist Role

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the actor was hired to play the role of a propagandist by the alleged coupists who planned to assassinate top government officials. Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi was arrested alongside military officers accused of planning a violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Mr Amandi, a […]

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Breaking: Tinubu Signs Revised Electoral Act 2026 into Law, Approves Electronic Results Transmission

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, formally enacting it into law and introducing fresh reforms to Nigeria’s electoral framework. The development followed the harmonisation of the bill by the National Assembly, which concluded deliberations on the proposed amendments earlier in the week before forwarding the

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Tinubu’s purposeful, servant-oriented leadership ensuring Nigeria’s sustainable growth, devt – Wike

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2026

President Bola Tinubu’s purposeful and servant-oriented leadership is setting Nigeria on the path for sustainable growth and inclusive development. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, at the 2026 Annual Distinguished Personality Lecture Series, organised by the Facility of Social Science, Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja. The theme of the lecture is “Exemplary Leadership

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The Impact of Political Leadership on Infrastructural Development In Nigeria: Between Dividends of Democracy and Good Governance

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2026

A Distinguished Personality Lecture of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Abuja delivered by His Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike at the Faculty of Social Sciences Auditorium, main campus of the University of Abuja. Opening RemarksI am profoundly honoured to address this distinguished gathering in the University of Abuja, a university uniquely situated at the […]

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Subsidy removal, forex reforms irreversible, says Tinubu

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has justified his administration’s decision to scrap fuel subsidies and overhaul the foreign exchange system, declaring that the measures were taken in Nigeria’s national interest and will not be reversed. The president made this known during an engagement with officials of the World Bank, where he explained that the reforms were designed […]