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DSS to Arraign El-Rufai Over Alleged Cybercrime, Security Breach

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) is set to arraign former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, February 25, over alleged cybercrime and threats to national security. El-Rufai will appear before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer to the

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DSS reopens Dadiyata case, wife seeks answers as suspects face invitation

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2026

The Department of State Services has reopened investigations into the 2019 disappearance of lecturer and social media commentator Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, with plans to invite suspects linked to the case. Dadiyata, a lecturer at the Federal University Dutsinma, was declared missing in August 2019 after gunmen reportedly abducted him from his residence

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Owo Church Attack: Court Admits Defendant’s confessional statement, gadgets used to plan, coordinate massacre

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

….DSS Closes Case With 11 Witnesses in record time The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence the confessional statements and gadgets of one of the five men being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in […]

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Just In: Court reserves judgment in DSS’ Staff N5.5b defamation suit against SERAP

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2026

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has reserved judgment till a date to be communicated to parties, in a N5.5billion defamation suit by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DDS) against a group, the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Justice Halilu Yusuf made the announcement […]

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Owo church bloodbath: 10th DSS’ witness narrates how forensic analysis implicated attackers

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2026

….Court admits their confessional statements An officer of the Department of State Services,(DSS) on Wednesday told a federal high court how cell phone analysis of the four men being prosecuted for allegedly carrying out the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, placed them at the crime scene. […]

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Breaking: As El-Rufai honours EFCC invitation, DSS sues for alleged cybercrimes, breaching Communications Act

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a charge against the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai over his alleged involvement in wiretapping the telephone lines of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. In the three-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 was filed early on Monday before the Federal High Court in […]