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:

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 […]

COLUMNS

My 10 Kobo Advice Tt Omoyele Sowore

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2025

By Joe Igbokwe I got to know Sowore through my good friend Mr Peter Claver. Both of them graduated from the University of Lagos. We have been friends for years and we have reasoned together and interacted for years. However I was stunned into disbelief and in total shock when he called a sitting President […]

COLUMNS

Opinion: Sowore and his misplaced political Ambition

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2025

By Terenga While the concerns raised above project a picture of persecution and national disgrace, it is important to present a balanced view grounded in facts, law, and the realities of governance. First, the Department of State Services (DSS) is mandated under Nigerian law to safeguard internal security, protect the state from subversion, and curb […]

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