Tag: DSS
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Tension in Ogun as DSS arrests Boko Haram leader
A suspected Boko Haram leader has been arrested in Abeokuta, Ogun State, amid tension that terrorists plan to attack the state along with other South-West states. The suspect was arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), according to a report by Daily Trust, quoting a reliable source. It stated that…
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Kuje Prison Attack: DSS releases 44 security reports – Wase
The Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase has revealed that the Department of State Services (DSS) released about 44 security reports before the terrorist attack on the Kuje Custodian Centre in Abuja. Wase, who was ruling on the need to step down a motion sponsored by Abubakar Makki Yalleman, asking the government to stop the proposed ban…
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DSS storms ECWA Church, takes out 21 Muslim boys allegedly being forcefully converted to Christianity
JOS – The Department of State Security (DSS) has raided a house located at JMDB quarters, in the Tudun Wada community of Jos North LGA of Plateau State, North-central Nigeria where the operatives rescued 21 young people, including almajirai, Daily Trust has reported. The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), while confirming the incident, said the rescued…
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David Imoh Murder: DSS disowns ‘officer’, dismisses publication
The Department of State Services has dismissed as false an online publication credited to one Adio Oluwole Bashir, purported to be a former staff of the Secret Police. Bashir claimed to have led the team that arrested suspected killers of David Imoh, a Sound Engineer allegedly murdered on May 12, 2022 in Lekki, Lagos State.…
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DSS Speaks On Resurgence Of Bomb Attacks, Says Religious Places Are Targets
The Department of State Services (DSS) has broken its silence on the resurgence of bomb attacks in the country. Lives were lost when suspected Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters carried out two separate attacks in Taraba and one in Yobe State last week. Commenting on this development, Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesman, said…
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Father cries out over alleged detention of daughter by DSS since 2021
A father, Godwin Okon Udoh, has cried out for help over the alleged detention of his daughter, Joy, by operatives of the Department of State Services since November 8, 2021. The distraught father made the call in an appeal of Civil and Human Rights Organisations, dated April 11, 2022. In the letter, titled: “PLEASE HELP…
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AGF Malami orders DSS to hands-off Sowore’s trial, takes over case-file
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has ordered the Department of State Service, DSS, to hands-off the prosecution of detained pro-democracy activist and convener of RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore. The AGF, in a statement that was made available to newsmen by his media aide, Dr Umar Gwandu, on Friday,…
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Despite court order DSS denies Kanu access to new clothes, brother alleges
Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has again, raised the alarm that despite court order, the Department of State Services, DSS, has not allowed Kanu access to his new clothes. Kanu’s brother told Vanguard that he had in three occasions, personally…
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Protest as DSS officers driving against traffic kill tipper driver, injure two
Benin City, Edo State, was thrown into confusion on Tuesday when tipper drivers blocked major roads in the area to protest the alleged killing of one of their members by personnel of the Department of State Services. The DSS operatives were said to be driving against traffic in two cars towards Tipper Garage, Ikpoba Slope,…
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Court orders DSS to allow Nnamdi Kanu change his clothes
Trial adjourned to January 19 Justice Binta Nyako of Abuja Federal High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to change his clothes. The judge also adjourned the trial to January 19 (Wednesday). At the court session on Tuesday, Mike Ozekhome,…