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How a Retired Soldier Asked Us to Kill His Son, Lesson For Parents  

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2025

By AIG Tunji Disu A retired soldier once stormed into my office, demanding that we kill his son, a university student arrested for cultism. His rage was volcanic. But the next day, he returned with food, asking after his son. When I joked, “So you don’t want us to kill him again?” his eyes

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Retraction: Tribune, Blueprint Apologize to DSS over ‘Lagos Assembly Invasion’ Story

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2025

The management of Tribune and Blueprint newspapers have apologized to the Department of State Services (DSS) for wrongfully reporting that officers of the agency invaded the Lagos State House of Assembly. In the wake of the leadership crisis that rocked the Lagos Assembly, some media houses had erroneously reported that DSS officers invaded the Assembly. […]

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Court Commences Hearing on DSS’ ₦5b defamation case against SERAP

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2025

A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday began definite hearing in the case of defamation instituted by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The officers instituted the case after SERAP, last September, failed to apologize to the secret police after accusing […]

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Abuja tanker explosion: FFS boss seeks strict enforcement of safety rules on road by all law enforcement officers

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2025

An Inspector of Police, Rachael Chukwuemeka and two other victims of Wednesday tanker explosion in Abuja receiving treatment at a private hospital in the city are in stable condition, the Hospital has said. The fire incident which claimed over 10 lives and left several others injured occurred at Karu bridge along the Abuja-Keffi expressway, when […]

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Court injunction: Try another strategy, You’re good as gone constituents tell Natasha

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2025

Kogi Central indigenes have described the recent court injunction obtained by the embattled lawmaker representing the Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from receiving a petition for her recall, as a sign that “she has realised that she is as good as gone.” According to the constituents, who cut

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FG releases withheld Rivers LG allocation

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2025

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas [retd], said the federal government had released withheld local government allocations. Ibas said that steps would be taken to ensure the prompt payment of workers’ salaries. He made the disclosure during a meeting with Heads of Local Government Administrators in Port Harcourt on Friday. He described […]