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Sowore’s Attack on NUJ Over DSS Chief’s Award Baseless, Threatens Free Speech – Group

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2026

The Centre for Public Integrity has condemned what it described as an “asinine and unwarranted attack” by former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, against the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over its recent “Man of the Year” award to the

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Nigeria: This state is not the state

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2026

By Taiwo Adisa PhD Philosophers and political theorists have attempted to define the state through different prisms. There is the evolutionary theory, which posits that the state is a natural, gradual development spanning centuries — from family units to clans, tribes, and eventually states. The social contract theory, advanced by Thomas Hobbes and supported by […]

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Alleged Militia Leader Admitted Leading Over 100 Attackers in Riyom, DSS Tells Court

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has heard allegations that a suspected militia leader, Adamu Alhassan Isa, popularly known as Shagari Bangai, admitted to leading more than 100 armed men in attacks on Vom and several communities in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. A Department of State Services (DSS) officer, who […]

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Years before insecurity bombed Nigeria’s peace

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 19, 2026) If I walked into the ground floor of the superstore at the city centre to get my preschool child a gift, and I saw bicycles, balls, boots, dolls, push cars, rackets, etc. I wouldn’t pick a thing. Instead, I would move to the […]

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Just In: After Owo, Katsina death sentences, Kogi Court Imposes Maximum Penalty On Man Arrested by DSS for Kidnap and Murder of Neighbour

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2026

Barely 24 hours after a Katsina State High Court sentenced to death a female arms courier arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), a High Court of Kogi State has also imposed the death penalty on a man the DSS successfully prosecuted for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour, who ran a hotel in Obajana.The […]

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Sowore Declared Wanted as Court Withdraws Bail

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has revoked the bail earlier granted to activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, and issued a bench warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear for the continuation of his trial. Justice Mohammed Umar made the order on Tuesday following the absence of […]