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Negotiating With Terrorists Now A State Policy?

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week Wednesday, declared a nationwide security emergency in response to the escalating wave of kidnapping, banditry, and terrorist attacks in most parts of the country. The declaration involves several directives aimed at bolstering the

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Atiku slams Tinubu over “₦17.5tn pipeline security scandal”

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2025

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sharply criticised the Bola Tinubu administration following reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) spent an unprecedented ₦17.5 trillion in just one year on securing fuel pipelines. Describing the revelation as both “alarming” and “one of the most brazen financial scandals in our nation’s history,”

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Obasanjo cautions FG against further apologies or negotiations with terrorists

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2025

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected calls for negotiations with bandits, insisting that Nigeria must take decisive action and embrace international assistance to confront escalating insecurity. Obasanjo, who spoke at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival held in Jos, the state capital, on Friday, asked the Federal Government to stop

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From Sanctions To Strategic Ascendancy: How Nigeria Turned Global Pressure Into Geopolitical Leverage

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2025

By Sadiq Mohammed If diplomacy were a chessboard, Nigeria has just moved from being the piece under attack to becoming the player with positional advantage. The same international community that once threatened sanctions, military intervention, and labelled Nigeria a “country of particular concern” is now sitting across the table, not as an enforcer, but as […]

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Tinubu declares National Security Emergency

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2025

….orders massive recruitment into Army and Police President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency and announced sweeping measures to reinforce Nigeria’s security architecture, including a major recruitment drive across the Armed Forces, Police, and security agencies. In a statement issued from the State House, the President said the

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Trump tells Tinubu to hunt down bandits behind schoolgirls abductions

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2025

The Donald Trump-led federal administration in the United States has issued a strong warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, insisting that bandits behind the recent mass abductions of schoolchildren in Kebbi and Niger states must be hunted down and brought to justice without delay. The statement, released Monday through the U.S. State Department’s Bureau