Former Central Bank of Nigeria’s Deputy Governor, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, on Wednesday honoured the invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS), over his statement that government is involved in the ongoing killings and in the Southern Kaduna crisis. Mailafia arrived at the Plateau State Command of the DSS, in Jos at exactly 12:45 pm
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The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a former staff in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mohammed Momoh, for allegedly posing as President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff to defraud a man of about N19 million ($50,000). The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who paraded Momoh before journalists at the agency’s office
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The Department of State Security Services, DSS tabled an alert to Nigerians concerning a plan to destabilize the country. Based on the assertion included In a statement sent to media outlets on Monday evening, signed by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, the security outfit revealed that certain interest groups and highly placed individuals were scheming to
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An attempt by the Department of State Services (DSS), to secure a stay of execution of the award of N10 million damages against it has been refused by the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State. The DSS had approached the court to stay execution of the judgment debt it was ordered to pay Anthony
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied alleged arrest of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. This was contained in a statement from the Public Relations Officer, Department of State Services, National Headquarters, Abuja, Peter Afunanya, titled, Magu not arrested by DSS. The statement read, “The Department
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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has been arrested by the Department of State Services. He was arrested over allegations that he owns four properties and that he was allegedly transferring funds abroad through a third party. The DSS in a 2016 report revealed that accused of living in
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, as well as the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to without further delay, take decisive action against threats by feuding factions in the unsettled All Progressives Congress (APC) to unleash terror in Rivers state.
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…opposition coalition (CUPP) described ruling as victory for Democracy and rule of law, right of free speech and deadly blow to tyranny. The move by the Nigeria House of Representatives engineered by the Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila to use the Police and DSS to arrest the opposition coalition CUPP Spokesperson Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere suffered a major
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An Asaba division of the Federal High Court has awarded N10m in damages against the Department of State Services (DSS), for detaining a trader, Anthony Okolie, for 10 weeks without charge. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who delivered his judgment on Thursday, however struck out the prayer requesting President Muhammadu Buhar’s daughter, Hanan, and telecoms company, MTN,
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By: Awesome Ekene The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has described Federal Government’s resort to hiring faceless and amorphous groups to defend itself against incontrovertible expositions by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as undeniable sign of total defeat. The group said the jittery disposition of the cabal running the crumbling government of Nigeria over its
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The Directorate of State Service (DSS) in Edo has denies invading the residence or arresting anyone associated with Chief Taiwo Akerele, former Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo. Mr Sheikh Waziri, DSS Director in Edo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday, that no operative of the
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An Abuja Federal High Court has on Friday ordered the release of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, who was banished and detained in Awe, a town in Nasarawa State. Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was dethroned on Monday. Justice Anwuli Chikere granted the interim order following an ex
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Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Thursday instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order for his release from the post-dethronement detention and confinement. According to a report late on Thursday that former Emir’s preliminary ex parte application seeking an interim order for his release had been assigned to Justice
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In Nigeria, a group, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), has condemned the alleged harassment of Premium Times editors and reporter by the Department of State Services (DSS). The group said that the Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, might have gone underground after the DSS launched a manhunt for him. Home of
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In Nigeria, a journalist with Premium Times is currently in hiding after the Department of State Services (DSS) hounded him over a report he wrote about the rift between the National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno and President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff Abba Kyari. Samuel Ogundipe wrote a detailed report in which he exposed the
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