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Mokwa Flood: Relief efforts not meeting urgent needs of victims- ActionAid Nigeria

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has decried that the current relief efforts for victims of Mokwa flood are not meeting the urgent needs of displaced persons, especially women and children. AAN, in a statement on Monday by its Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, expressed grave concern over the devastating

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Ground rent: FCTA set to shutdown 34 Embassies in Abuja

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

No fewer than 34 embassies in Abuja risk being shut down by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for failing to pay ground rents for over a decade. A document obtained by The PUNCH revealed that the listed diplomatic missions have allegedly defaulted on their land use charges since 2014, accumulating a combined debt of ₦3,662,196. On […]

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Breaking: Senior Naval Officer stabbed to death by phone snatcher

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

Senior Naval Officer stabbed to death in Kaduna by phone snatchers around Kawo flyover bridge close to Stanbic Bank in the early hours of 8th June 2025 as he stopped to change a flat tyre. The deceased, Lt Cdr M Buba (NN/3713), a senior course student of the AFCSC Jaji was attacked and stabbed on […]

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Vice President commissions agric 375 tractors revitalised by NASENI

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2025

…As He Flags-off National Assets Restoration Programme The Vice President Kashim Shettima GCON, has commissioned over 375 tractors for use in mechanized farming revitalized by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) under the National Assets Restoration Programme. The Vice President commissioned the programme on Sunday June 8, at the Borno

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NCoS says 59,786 inmates captured by NIMC Platform

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2025

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that 59,786 inmates out ofthe total of 80,879 inmates’ population, representing 74 percent across the country, have been captured into the NIMC platform. The NCoS gave the information on Sunday in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar, in reaction to publication claiming non-commencement of

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FG ddeclares Thursday work free day

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2025

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, June 12, 2025, a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day, marking 26 years of uninterrupted democratic rule. The announcement was made on behalf of the Federal Government by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who extended congratulations to all Nigerians for sustaining democracy since its