By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has dismissed the allegations that the Department of State Security (DSS) informed the military about an impending attack on Kuje Correctional Centre and a previous attack on a Kaduna-Abuja passenger train. In a statement, The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy...
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application for bail by the detained leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Binta Nyako, in her ruling on Tuesday, said the suit was a gross abuse of the court process and an attempt to...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly sent an invitation to the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi State, Mr Nwoba Chika Nwoba. According to a report by Independent Nigeria, this comes after he held his wedding with a cake covered in the colours of the...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on the media to use their various platforms to promote peace and guard against acts, capable of promoting division in the country. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, made the call at a media briefing on Wednesday...
The Department of State Security (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned Mr Bara Ogidi, at Federal High Court Yenagoa over an alleged false report against the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr Simbi Wabote. Ogidi, a Bayelsa based publisher of an online new media, Tracknews, is...
The suspected building The Anambra State Government has demolished a building, allegedly being used as a hideout for gang of kidnappers in Okpuno-Ifite village, Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra. The demolition was executed during a raid by a joint operation team of vigilance groups, Police, Army,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of States Services (DSS). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and substance. The...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Nigerian Army troops of 34 Brigade, in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) have dislodged gunmen from their training camp at Okporo in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo. The Army spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in statement issued...
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he has been a fan of Liverpool Football Club from childhood. Kanu, who disclosed this when Justice Binta Nyako jokingly asked him his favourite football team, said Liverpool F.C....
The Department of State Services (DSS) has been told to arrest the Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Sheikh Abubakar Jibril, for inciting Muslims against the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah. The call was made by the Human Rights Writers Association...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the Federal Government to release the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that his release from detention will restore peace and security in the zone. This is contained in a communiqué...
The United States (US) has accused the Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS), police and army of corruption and violation of human rights with impunity. It also added that there were credible evidence and reports that members of security forces committed numerous rights abuses, extrajudicial killings and stifling of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has said some criminal elements are planning to return the country to the pre-2015 era reminiscent of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks on soft and hard targets in parts of the country. The DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had stated its reasons for raiding and sealing the Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja, in a joint operation with men of the Department of State Services (DSS). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said t in a...
Eight of the 15 counts charges brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been struck out. The eight charges were struck out by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. The 15 charges which bordered on terrorism were filed against Kanu...
A human rights lawyer, Mr Tope Temokun, has dragged the Department of Security Service (DSS) to court over alleged illegal detention of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Olupona Adewale. Temokun in a suit number FHC/AK/C5/29/2022 filed at the Federal High Court, Akure, sought the...
Nigeria’s number one man, President Muhammadu Buhari stayed away from the Super Eagles Clash with Ghana on Tuesday at the M.K.O. Abiola National Stadium after he was warned of an imminent bomb attack, according to a memo from the State Security Service, SaharaReporters reports. The memo on March 28...
A security alert has emerged revealing that three serving governors are secretly planning to incite violence in the country, particularly the North. According to reports, the three governors who would be completing their 8 years in office in 2023, are from North Central, North East and South-South geopolitical zones....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Nigerians of a sinister plan by some elements to stoke violence in parts of the country particularly the North Central. DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, who revealed this in a statement on Saturday, said the aim is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman kadafur has commended the Directorate of state Security Service for discussing wide range of security issues with regard to the lingering insecurity crisis in the north-east during their quarterly security conference held in Maiduguri weekend. Hon. Kadufur gave...