NEWS

SAN SSS screening controversy’: Odinkalu counters Akinboro

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2025

Former NHRC chairman notes ex-CJN Ariwoola instituted rule in 2022, urges truly independent NBA Chidi Odinkalu, a prominent rights lawyer and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has challenged claims by former NBA General Secretary Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN,

COLUMNS

Ribadu and the fall of Ansaru

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

By Senator Iroegbu Nigeria’s security landscape has begun to shift. Terrorists are surrendering, warlords are falling, oil production is recovering, and communities once silenced by fear are slowly reclaiming public space. The latest and perhaps most consequential breakthrough is the capture of two of the most notorious terrorist kingpins in northern Nigeria. The

LEAD STORY 2

Owo Catholic church attackers had links with foreign terrorist groups, DSS tells court

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

*Refutes claim that alleged human rights violation suit triggered defendants’ arraignment *Court okays shielding of prosecution witnesses’ identity The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned a Federal High Court in Abuja against granting bail to the five men being prosecuted over their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack at St. Francs

NEWS

US hails Nigeria over arrest of terrorist leaders

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2025

The United States Government has hailed the Nigerian government over the arrest of two terrorist leaders of the Ansaru sect, Mahmud Muhammad Usman, aka Abu Bara’a, and Mahmud al-Nigeri, aka Mallam Mamuda. The commendation was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the United States Mission in Nigeria on its X handle.  The Federal […]

LEAD STORY 2

Boko Haram founder’s son arrested in Chad — Sources

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2025

A young son of Boko Haram’s founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent. Muslim Mohammed Yusuf was arrested alongside five other suspected members of the movement, which was founded in neighbouring Nigeria a few years before his birth […]

NEWS

Group Lauds NSA For Confirming DSS Capture of Terrorist Groups’ Leaders

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

A group, Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly(NEYGA) has praised the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu for finally confirming weeks of speculation on the capture of two most-wanted leaders of terrorist groups in Nigeria. The NSA had at a press conference Saturday in Abuja formally announced the capture of the leadership of the ANSARU […]