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The Empowerment That Reverberates Across Lagos

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

From the moment he assumed office, the Chairman of Oshodi–Isolo Local Government, Otunba Kehinde Almaroof Oloyede, made an unequivocal promise: that the welfare of his people would take precedence. It is a promise he has kept—steadily and convincingly. During his first term, Oloyede stood out

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NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in black soap, clothing bound for US, Canada, Sweden

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multiple consignments of illicit drugs ingeniously concealed in containers of local black soap and designer clothing, with the shipments destined for the United States, Canada and Sweden. The agency said no fewer than 907 pills of controlled substances, including tramadol, tapentadol, cocodamol, amitriptyline

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Fleeing bandits’ drug supplier ‘Gamboli’ arrested in Niger

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

….As NDLEA Mother and Child over 1,187 kilogrammes skunk seizure in Ondo Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani (alias Gamboli) has been arrested by operatives of the […]

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NUJ Calls for Collaboration to Realise Affordable House for Journalists

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Congress has renewed its call for stronger collaboration with government and housing finance institutions to improve access to decent housing for journalists, as stakeholders gathered for the 2025 Housing Industry End-of-Year Dinner and the 17th Africa Housing Awards in Abuja. Speaking at the event,

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UNODC advocates inclusion of PWDs in crime prevention and security strategies

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called for stronger inclusion of persons with disabilities in Nigeria’s crime prevention and security strategies, warning that exclusion weakens national responses to transnational organised crime. This call was made during a Stakeholder Dialogue on Crime Prevention and Transnational Threats, held at the UN House in

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Former Female Presidential Candidate Adesanya-Davies Lauds Bill Seeking to Create 182 New Legislative Seats for Women

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

The National Assembly’s proposal to create 182 new legislative seats exclusively for women across federal and state parliaments has been welcomed by Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, former female presidential candidate. Thus, former female presidential candidate, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has expressed her support for the National Assembly’s proposal to