NEWS

Court gives Nnamdi Kanu last chance to enter defence or forfeit same

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2025

….Cautions his ex-lawyers to be ethical in conduct A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the last opportunity to the detained self acclaimed leader of the proscribed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to either enter a defence in his ongoing terrorism

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Sowore still wanted, we’ll do everything to get him arrested – Lagos CP

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2025

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has reaffirmed that his declaration of activist Omoyele Sowore as wanted remains in effect, vowing that the police will take all lawful steps to arrest him. Jimoh had on Monday declared Sowore wanted for allegedly “causing a disturbance of public peace and acts to commit a serious […]

COLUMNS

Senator Natasha’s airport antics and the theatre of distraction

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2025

By Ken Harries Esq In the solemn business of national representation, a senator’s foremost calling is to amplify the voices of their people, legislate with diligence, and defend the public trust through measured engagement. Yet Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, freshly returned from a six-month suspension, seems determined to turn her senatorial tenure into a one-woman

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Akpabio reports fake Trump comment to Police, DSS

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2025

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied making any comment on former United States President Donald Trump, describing a viral report attributing a statement to him as fake and mischievous. Akpabio said the false publication, which included manipulated photographs from a previous Senate visit to Port Harcourt, was a calculated attempt to drag the National Assembly […]

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DSS provides update on prosecution of terrorism suspects

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced significant progress in the ongoing prosecution of several high-profile terrorism cases across Nigeria, including those linked to the Islamist sect Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (ANSARU), the 2011 UN House bombing in Abuja, the 2022 Owo church attack, and the 2025 Yelwata massacre in Benue State. According

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Court dismisses Mompha’s no-case Submission in alleged N6bn money laundering trial

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2025

The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed the no-case submission filed by social media personality, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, in his ongoing ₦6 billion money laundering case. Justice Mojisola Dada, in a ruling delivered on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, held that the prosecution had established a prima facie case […]