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My lawyers have deserted me in defamation trial, Sowore tells Court

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2026

…Fails to open defence Online publisher and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, on Friday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he has been deserted by his lawyers in the defamation charges brought against him by the Department of the State

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Owo Church Attackers Sentenced to Death

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2026

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four men to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, one of the deadliest attacks on a place of worship in Nigeria’s recent history. Justice Emeka Nwite convicted Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al […]

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DSS Explains Why US-Based Nigerian Journalist Okey Ndibe Was Stopped at Lagos Airport

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has explained the circumstances surrounding its interaction with renowned US-based Nigerian writer and journalist, Okey Ndibe, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, insisting that he was neither arrested nor detained. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Public Relations and Strategic

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DSS Detains Novelist Okey Ndibe at Lagos Airport

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2026

Popular Nigerian novelist, journalist and academic, Okey Ndibe was reportedly detained by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) after arriving at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday morning. The development was disclosed by his close associate and former Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C.

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Christian Group Commends DSS For Arrest of Suspects Linked to Papiri School Abduction

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2026

A group of Christians in Northern Nigeria have commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the arrest of five suspects reportedly linked to the November 2025 abduction of students and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State. The commendation was conveyed in a statement on Monday by the Northern Christian Association […]

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Breaking: DSS Nabs Five, including 2 Foreign Collaborators, linked to Papiri School Kidnap

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2026

*Recovers Large Arms Cache- 15AK Rifles, 1434 Live Ammunition The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five persons, including two Nigeriens, suspected to be arms couriers to gunmen who, on November 21, 2025, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri village, Niger State, abducting nearly 300 students and staff.Recovered from the men were a […]