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Israel pledges intelligence, strategic support to Nigeria against terrorism

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2026

Israel has announced its readiness to support the Nigerian government in tackling the country’s growing insecurity, particularly threats posed by Islamic State affiliates and other terrorist groups. Israel’s Ambassador to Nigeria, M. Freeman, disclosed this while speaking on ongoing security

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I’ve been marked for elimination as Boko Haram figure — Sheikh Gumi

Daily Dispatch January 5, 2026

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has claimed that he was secretly informed by security sources that his name had been listed among individuals allegedly marked for elimination as Boko Haram figures. Gumi made the claim while addressing his congregation in a trending video, saying he received an early-morning phone call from an unnamed source […]

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Troops neutralise key Boko Haram commanders in Bama airstrikes

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, supported by Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force platforms, have neutralised several key Boko Haram terrorist commanders during coordinated airstrikes in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the airstrikes were conducted on Dec. 25, 2025, following actionable human intelligence on terrorist movements

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Trump’s Christmas Gift And 2025 In Retrospect

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde In the next forty-eight hours, the world would bid goodbye to the year 2025 and usher in a New Year. As it is our practice, The Discourse will today, review the outgoing year, point out areas of progress in our national life, and offer suggestions on what we can do better to […]

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Reports of Bello Turji’s killing in US airstrike false- Zagazola fact-check

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

Reports making the rounds that notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, was killed in a United States airstrike are false, Zagazola Makama’s fact-checking platform has confirmed. Findings by Zagazola Fact Check indicate that Turji is alive and currently taking refuge at Dubagale, north of Dan Adama village, in Sabon Birni in Sokoto located,  about 25 kilometres […]

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US Airstrikes on ISIL in Nigeria: A Linguistic and Socio-political Exposition

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-DaviesProfessor of Applied Linguistics On December 25–26, 2025, the United States carried out what its leaders described as “powerful and deadly strikes” against groups it claims are affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) in northwestern Nigeria. These strikes — reportedly the first direct U.S. military action on