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

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 […]

NEWS

DSS Requests X (Formerly Twitter) to Suspend Omoyele Sowore’s Account Over Anti-President Tweet

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has formally requested X Corp. (formerly Twitter) to deactivate the verified account of Nigerian activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore), citing national security concerns. In an official petition addressed to the Chairman and CEO of X Corp., headquartered in Bastrop County, Texas, USA, the DSS alleged that a tweet

COLUMNS

Celebrating Behind-the-Scenes Efforts of DSS in Arrest of Ansaru Terrorist Leaders

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2025

By Linus Aleke While the spotlight often shines on the strategic arrests, it is the quiet precision, tireless dedication, and collaboration of the DSS and other operatives behind the scenes that made the capture of Ansaru’s terrorist leaders possible. The strategic capture of Ansaru’s top terrorist leaders may have made headlines, but behind the scenes, […]