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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

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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 […]

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Court Awards N101m to two DSS operatives who sued SERAP for defamation

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2026

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday found the Incorporated Trustees of Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) liable in a defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).The court ordered SERAP to pay the sum of N100 million as general damages to both operatives, […]

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Breaking: Court Awards N100m Damages to DSS Officers in Defamation Suit Against SERAP

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2026

A court has awarded ₦100 million in damages to two officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) who filed a lawsuit against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over allegations they described as defamatory. The officers had approached the court to challenge claims made by SERAP, arguing that the statements harmed their reputation […]

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Court delivers judgment in N5.5b defamation suit by two DSS officers against SERAP today

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2026

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will on Tuesday deliver judgment in a N5.5 billion defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Incorporated Trustees of Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).The group had on September 9, 2024, alleged that DSS operatives “unlawfully

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Alleged Cybercrime: DSS Arraigns Chidiebere Justice Mark

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2026

….Trial for May 25 The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned Chidiebere Justice Mark aka Justice Crack, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on a three-count charge bordering on cybercrime. Mark, who was arrested by the Nigerian Army over the weekend, was accused of circulating false information in a viral video, […]