NEWS

Owo Church Attack: Court Admits Defendant’s confessional statement, gadgets used to plan, coordinate massacre

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

….DSS Closes Case With 11 Witnesses in record time The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence the confessional statements and gadgets of one of the five men being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for the June 5, 2022 attack on the St.

NEWS

Just In: Court reserves judgment in DSS’ Staff N5.5b defamation suit against SERAP

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has reserved judgment till a date to be communicated to parties, in a N5.5billion defamation suit by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DDS) against a group, the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Justice Halilu Yusuf made the announcement […]

NEWS

Court Steps In as Contempt Move Against IGP Egbetokun Faces Delay

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday intervened in contempt proceedings seeking the committal of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged disobedience of a court order. The action was initiated by Mrs. Nnena Anozie, wife of Mr. John Anozie, who was reportedly abducted from his residence in […]

NEWS

Just In: Rivers Assembly Suspends Impeachment Move Against Fubara, Deputy After Tinubu’s Intervention

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

The Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended the impeachment proceedings initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu. The decision was reached during the Assembly’s continued plenary session in Port Harcourt on Thursday, where lawmakers resolved to halt further action on the impeachment

Politics

FCT Area Council Elections: AMAC PDP Chairmanship Candidate Steps Down For APC Candidate

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

Less than 24 hours after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship candidate for Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, stepped down for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Joshua Ishaku Musa, the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) PDP Chairmanship Candidate, Hon. Zadna Dantani, has also stepped down for the APC candidate, Hon. Christopher Zakka

COLUMNS

The Road to A Doctor’s Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

By Azu IshiekweneThere Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s literary icon and one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Achebe’s title evokes many things in the mind beyond its primary thematic concern – a journal of the author’s experiences of the Biafran War, which raged between 1967 and 1970. Among other things, it raises the […]