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NYSC Members’ Kidnap: Court Admits Evidence Tendered by DSS Against Suspects

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2026

A High Court of Imo State, on Tuesday, at the resumed trial of five persons accused of kidnapping 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members on Independence Day, admitted the evidence tendered against them by the Department of State Services (DSS). The sitting resumed with the

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Wiretapping Trial: Court Rejects El-Rufai’s No-Case Submission

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to enter his defence in the alleged unlawful interception of the telephone communications of National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, after dismissing his no-case submission. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling on Monday, held that the prosecution had presented sufficient

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Quirky Activism: As Sowore Rejects the ‘Tout’ Label

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2026

By Louis Achi By cavalierly weaponizing freedom of expression and deploying a nimble asymmetric warfare strategy against perceived opponents, irascible human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has stomped on many toes. But there are moments when a seemingly ordinary confrontation reveals a more far-reaching question

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DSS Secures Seventh Death Sentence in 2026 as Adamawa Court Jails Three Kidnappers

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2026

The High Court of Adamawa State has sentenced three men to death for kidnapping two Catholic priests in February 2025, bringing to seven the number of death sentences reportedly secured by the Department of State Services (DSS) in 2026. The convicts, Taledo Demiel, Namomai Medan and Mikaila Yusuf, were found guilty of criminal conspiracy to […]

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Breaking: Court warns against delay in trial of 4 IPOB members allegedly linked to killing of DSS Operative

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2026

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday warned the defence lawyers against delay in the trial of four suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who allegedly kidnapped and killed Ekpeyong Asuquo Owoh, an officer of the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik gave the warming after two lawyers, […]

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Alleged Cyber-bullying: Sowore Suffers Fourth Loss To DSS

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2026

…As Court Dismisses Bid To Compel Appearance of DG The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2027 general election, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday, lost his bid to compel the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi, to personally appear in court as a witness in his trial […]