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Court Restrains Sowore, others from protesting near Presidential Villa, key government areas

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an interim order preventing activist Omoyele Sowore and others from staging protests in certain strategic locations in Abuja, including the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. Justice Mohammed Umar granted the order on Friday, following an ex-parte motion

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Court orders man to pay DSS N5m for frivolous human rights suit

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2025

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered one Sunday Dominic to pay the Department of State Services (DSS) Five Million Nairaas punitive cost for instituting a “frivoulous” suit against the secret police. Dominic had in a suit marked FCT/HC/CV/3984/2024, claimed that the secret police invited him for questioning and threatened to […]

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NANS South-South dissociates self from planned nationwide protest

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2025

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone B (South-South), has dissociated itself from the planned nationwide protest slated for Monday, October 20, 2025. In a statement issued on Friday, the zonal leadership of the students’ body cautioned students across the South-South region against participating in the protest, warning that certain political actors

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NANS distances self from #FreeNnamdiKanu protests

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

….Cautions Youths Against Being Used By Selfish Politicians The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has distanced itself from the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest being organized by presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore. A statement, last week, purportedly from NANS, said the student union body resolved

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Court-ordered medical panel declares Nnamdi Kanu fit for trial

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

A medical panel appointed by the Federal High Court to evaluate the health of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has concluded that his condition is not life-threatening and that he is fit to stand trial. The team, led by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), was constituted on […]

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DSS arrests two ex-operatives for impersonation, fraud

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two former officers, Barry Donald and Victor Onyedikachi Godwin, for allegedly impersonating the agency to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the DSS confirmed that the duo—previously declared wanted in separate public warnings—had been apprehended and would be prosecuted in accordance