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Fuel Subsidy And Labour/CSOs’s Chance To Turn Atiku’s Gambit Into Issues-Based Election?

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2026

BY IDUH ONAH FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s recent promise to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027, though still enveloped in fervent public debate, may be a political gift after all. For organised labour, particularly the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and progressive civil

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Coalition of Civil Society Groups Applauds Peaceful Conduct of 2026 Osun Governorship Election

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2026

A coalition of civil society organisations has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and the people of Osun State for the peaceful conduct of the 2026 governorship election. The Democracy and Good Governance Watch Initiative (DGGWI), in a statement issued on Monday, August 17, 2026, in Osogbo, the

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GOCOP and other media bodies, CSOs, demand investigation into Segun Olatunji’s Detention and Prosecution of Perpetrators

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2024

The undersigned media ORGANISATIONS, media associations and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations wish to express our deep concern and strong condemnation regarding the recent unlawful arrest, detention, brutalisation and torture of Mr. Segun Olatunji, Editor of FirstNews newspapers, by military personnel in response to stories published by the media

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CSOs, Movements & Community groups call on AU to outrightly reject Israel’s application as an Observer State to AU

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2024

A Pan-African coalition of more than 150 organisations, social movements and community groups from 45 countries in Africa and diaspora have called on the African Union’s member states to reject the application for Observer Status by Israel to the African Union at its upcoming Summit in Addis Ababa this weekend. The letter acts as a […]

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CSOs, Medıa Organisations, Urge Malı Burkına Faso, And Niger Juntas to refrain from transforming to civilian rulers

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2024

Call for Dialogue Against Withdrawal from ECOWAS Civil Society Organisations as well as Media organisations have urged Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger military juntas to refrain from transforming to civilian rulers but instead allow for democrats back in power. They stated this in a communique they issued at the end of CSOs, Media interactive meeting […]

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2023: U.S. Allocates $50m to train journalists, CSOs, INEC officials on peaceful elections

Daily Dispatch November 14, 2022

United States of America has allocated 50 million dollars to support the training of journalists, INEC officials and civil society organisations for the  credible conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. U.S. Consul-General in Lagos, Mr Will Stevens, made this known at the opening of a two-day workshop on Election Reporting for political beat reporters, editors,