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Benue/Nasarawa peace committee: Governor Sule solicits support from traditional rulers

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

Following the directive by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for Benue and Nasarawa States to constitute a peace committee with a view to addressing the prevailing insecurity in the two states, Governor Abdullahi Sule has solicited for the support of traditional rulers towards resolving the crisis

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Tuggar tasks ECOWAS member states on effective implementation of resolutions

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman, ECOWAS Council of Ministers, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has urged member states to effectively implement the resolutions reached at its 94th Ordinary Session in Abuja. The minister gave the charge in a closing remark at the end of the 94th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on […]

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Israel/Iran Crisis: Nigerians in Tehran have not been abandoned to fate, says FG

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

The federal government has debunked the reported claim that Nigeria has abandoned citizens in Tehran, Iran to their fate as Israeli bombs continue it drop. A statement on Saturday by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa read: “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria […]

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Governor Zulum decries deadly suicide attack on Borno fish market

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that struck a night fish market in Konduga Local Government Area, describing it as a heinous and cowardly act of terror. The attack, carried out around 10:00 p.m. on Friday by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP operatives, claimed the lives of 12 people and […]

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NDLEA boss Marwa bereaved as mother-in-law passes on

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), is mourning the loss of his mother-in-law, Hajiya Zainab Hussain. Hajiya Hussain, mother of Hajiya Munira Marwa, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Abuja. She was 76 years old. A statement […]

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Legal battle erupts over Alao-Akala’s estate as daughter seeks DNA tests, body exhumation

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

A legal showdown has emerged within the family of late former Oyo State Governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, as his eldest daughter, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has approached the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan with a request for the exhumation of his remains and DNA testing of seven individuals claiming to be his biological children. […]