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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

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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

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Mr President, Let’s Call In The Chadians!

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2025

By Hassan Gimba This article was first published in December 2020. In light of recent U.S. airstrikes targeting terrorist groups linked to transnational extremist networks and the renewed focus on international counterterrorism efforts in Nigeria, I find this write-up highly relevant to current developments. God willing, next week we will continue the Trending Events

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Fidelis Guyama, notorious terror suspect, nabbed in Taraba State

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2025

Fedelis Guyama, a dreaded and known mastermind of kidnappings, armed robbery and keeeelings across Taraba, Benue and the neighbouring plateau state under the guide of Fulani Herdsmen has been arrested. Troops of Forward Operating Base Wukari in Taraba state under the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army Sector 3 , Operation Whirl Stroke, arrested the notorious bandits […]

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Imam urges Tinubu to stay focused on national vision at Jumat prayers in Lagos

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2025

President Bola Tinubu on Friday joined Muslim faithful at the Lekki Central Mosque, Lagos, for Jumat prayers, where an Islamic cleric urged him to remain focused on his vision for Nigeria despite challenges and criticisms. Delivering the sermon, the visiting Imam of the mosque, Dr. Salahudeen Munirudeen Arriyadhi, commended President Tinubu for the developmental projects

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Adesanya-Davies calls for arrest of Sheikh Gumi over statements on U.S.–Nigeria military cooperation

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2025

A public affairs commentator and rights advocate, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has called on the Federal Government to arrest and investigate Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over recent comments she described as threatening Nigeria’s national security and sovereignty. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Adesanya-Davies condemned Sheikh Gumi’s reported warning