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UN Envoy Blasts Nigeria’s Security Collapse, Warns Impunity Fuelling Cycle of Violence, Rights Breakdown

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea, has delivered one of the starkest international assessments yet of Nigeria’s security situation, warning that entrenched impunity and collapsing accountability systems are fuelling a self-perpetuating cycle

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Years before insecurity bombed Nigeria’s peace

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 19, 2026) If I walked into the ground floor of the superstore at the city centre to get my preschool child a gift, and I saw bicycles, balls, boots, dolls, push cars, rackets, etc. I wouldn’t pick a thing. Instead, I would move to the […]

Governors Back Immediate Creation of State Police, Seek Accountability Measures

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2026

The 36 state governors under the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have reaffirmed their support for the establishment of state police, stressing that any framework adopted must be constitutionally sound and consistent with the principles of federalism and the protection of citizens’ rights. The governors made their position known after their second meeting held in Abuja […]

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THE SUNDAY STEW: The Three-Month Sprint (1): Philosophical Architecture of an Intellectual Trilogy of State Decay

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2026

By Max Amuchie Last week on The Sunday Stew, we unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI), a quantitative metric I developed as an extension of the Trinity of State Decay. It is meant to be a mathematical instrument for measuring the degree of separation between a state’s juridical sovereignty and its lived reality. I had […]

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Tinubu Approves 1,000 Forest Guards, Deploys Special Rescue Team After Oyo School Abduction

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards in Oyo State and directed the deployment of a specialised security unit to intensify efforts to rescue pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The measures were announced on Sunday during a visit by a high-powered Federal […]

Breaking: DSS Nabs Five, including 2 Foreign Collaborators, linked to Papiri School Kidnap

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2026

*Recovers Large Arms Cache- 15AK Rifles, 1434 Live Ammunition The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five persons, including two Nigeriens, suspected to be arms couriers to gunmen who, on November 21, 2025, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri village, Niger State, abducting nearly 300 students and staff.Recovered from the men were a […]