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Breaking: DSS Demands Retraction, Apology From Sowore Over Comment on Tinubu

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a formal demand to activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, over what it described as a “false, malicious and criminal” comment made about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on social media. In a letter dated September 7, 2025, and

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Atiku Abubakar Condemns Deadly Boko Haram Attack in Borno State

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

Former Vice President and 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has strongly denounced the recent Boko Haram assault on Darajamal, a community situated along the Bama-Banki Road in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State. The attack claimed the lives of 58 civilians and five soldiers. In a statement shared on Sunday via X (formerly […]

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Insecurity: Northern Leaders Seek Overhaul of Security Chiefs, Cabinet Reshuffle

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

The Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum (NENF), a coalition of political and socio-cultural leaders from the 19 northern states, has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately sack the nation’s Service Chiefs and reshuffle his cabinet in response to Nigeria’s deepening security and governance challenges. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja and signed by its […]

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N70,000 Minimum Wage No Longer Viable, Labour Unions Demand Urgent Review

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and federal government workers are calling for an immediate review of the national minimum wage, arguing that the current ₦70,000 is insufficient to meet the rising cost of living. Their demand comes amid widespread economic hardship and following wage increases by several state governments, which have raised their minimum wage […]

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Northern Insecurity Tied to Economic Hardship, Gov. Sani Warns

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has pointed to poverty, unemployment, and the lack of basic infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, and commercial activity in rural areas as key drivers of insecurity, urging leaders to accept responsibility and take action. Speaking at the public launch of “Where I Stand”, a book by the late Sheikh […]

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NDLEA smashes drug cartel, arrests 3 kingpins, seizes N5.3bn Australia-bound cocaine

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

An international organized criminal group (IOCG) operating between Nigeria, United Kingdom (UK), Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) made up of mainly ex-jailbirds in overseas prisons has been smashed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the […]