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Amnesty Int’l, SERAP Beg The President They Tagged ‘Criminal’ to Order Charges Against Sowore

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2025

Withdrawn Groups want the courts to decide -SERAP, AI Accused of Asking Tinubu to ‘Meddle’ in Judicial Affairs Amnesty International and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have begged President Bola Tinubu to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister

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Nnamdi Kanu and the Drama Foretold

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2025

By Emeka Nwokedi When, in March, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, ostensibly bowing to pressure by leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, reassigned his trial from Justice Binta Nyako, some of us warned that there won’t be an end to Kanu’s shenanigans.Expectedly, ahead of the resumption […]

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FCT Minister Wike Slams Sowore Over “Criminal” Comment About President Tinubu

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2025

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has criticized activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, for referring to President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal.” Sowore made the statement in an August 25 tweet, referencing a video of President Tinubu during a visit to Brazil, where Tinubu claimed there was no longer […]

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Zamfara Monarchs Commend DSS Over Arrest of Arms Suppliers

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2025

Traditional rulers in Zamfara State have expressed strong appreciation to the Department of State Services (DSS) for its recent breakthroughs in tackling insecurity across the state. The monarchs, speaking through the Emir of Anka and Chairman of the State Council of Chiefs, Dr. Attahiru Muhammad Ahmad, particularly lauded the security agency for intercepting two suspected

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As DSS confronts Sowore’s “scorched-earth” strategy

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2025

By Lewis Chukwuma Arguably the poster-boy of Nigeria’s activism ecosystem, online publisher of SaharaReporters and rambunctious politician, Omoyele Sowore, has probably earned his epaulets, tracking his nimble interventions and a wide swathe of comic escapades he has scripted in the last two decades, often laced with quaint rhetorical violence. But has the fire-eating

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FG Sues Sowore, Meta, and X Over “Criminal” Remark Targeting President Tinubu

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2025

The Federal Government has initiated legal proceedings against activist and former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, for referring to President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” in social media posts. Filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the five-count charge accuses Sowore of publishing false and defamatory content with the intent to