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Justice Crack’s bail plea suffers setback as two lawyers clash in court over representation

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2026

The bail application filed by Chidiebere Justice Mark, popularly known as Justice Crack, on Thursday suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Abuja after two lawyers, Femi Balogun and Marshall Abubakar, clashed over who to represent him. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had, on May 4, fixed

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Cleric Tells Court He Took Money to Pray Over Alleged Coup Plot

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2026

…says he warned it will fail An Islamic cleric has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he received money to offer prayers for an alleged coup plot against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration but warned those involved that the mission would not succeed. The cleric, Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir, who is the sixth defendant […]

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Breaking: Court Dismisses Sowore’s No-Case Submission, Orders Defence in Cybercrime Trial

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2026

Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the no-case submission filed by activist and publisher of Sahara Reports, Omoyele Sowore, ruling that the prosecution had presented sufficient evidence requiring him to enter a defence in the ongoing cyberstalking trial. The judge held that the evidence already tendered before the […]

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Stop Castigating Court Over N100 Awarded to 2 DSS Officers – CDHR Cautions SERAP

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2026

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called on the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to respect the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in the defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement issued on Thursday, CDHR said […]

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Stop Castigating Court Over N100 Awarded to 2 DSS Officers – CDHR Cautions SERAP

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2026

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called on the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to respect the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in the defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement issued on Thursday by Comrade […]

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DSS Clarifies N100m Defamation Judgment Against SERAP

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2026

The Department of State Services has clarified that the recent N100 million defamation judgment involving the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project was not a lawsuit instituted by the agency itself, but by two of its operatives acting in their personal capacities. In a statement issued on May 6, 2026, by Deputy Director of Public Relations […]