FEATURES

DSS: A gradual departure from old self

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2025

By ERIC IKHILAE Since its establishment decades ago, the State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department of State Services (DSS), has undergone stages of evolution and in the process, attracted to itself a mixed reputation. The DSS, as it is commonly known today, metamorphosed from

COLUMNS

Sowore’s Rhetoric and Why the DSS is Right

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2025

By Sunday Oladapo By any standard, Omoyele Sowore is a familiar name in Nigeria’s political space. He brands himself as a revolutionary, a voice of the masses, and a fearless critic of the government. But let’s be honest there’s a big difference between activism and reckless agitation, and Sowore often crosses that line. That’s why […]

COLUMNS

The DSS, Sowore, and the Village Feast

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2025

By Danladi Shehu If a man cooks for a community ,the meal would scarcely go round, However, if a community decides to cook for a man, the feast will overwhelm him – old African proverb. The foregoing may have aptly captured the likely outcome of the current standoff between the Department of State Services (DSS) […]

FEATURES

DSS Demand To Remove Sowore’s Tweet: Rights, Risks, And Recommendations

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2025

By Evans Ufeli Esq The DSS may request the removal of a tweet and seek deactivation of an account, but an administrative demand alone does not automatically make the post unlawful or impose a binding global takedown obligation on X. Whether Sowore should remove the post turns on its substance: robust political criticism is strongly […]

NEWS

DSS urges Meta to take down Sowore’s Facebook account, cites security concerns

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has written to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, demanding the immediate deletion of Omoyele Sowore’s Facebook account. According to the DSS, Sowore’s post on August 26, 2025, disparaging and ridiculing the President of Nigeria, constituted a threat to national security and is capable of inciting violence. Sowore’s post […]

NEWS

Breaking: DSS Demands Retraction, Apology From Sowore Over Comment on Tinubu

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a formal demand to activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, over what it described as a “false, malicious and criminal” comment made about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on social media. In a letter dated September 7, 2025, and signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of […]