Benue State Government has ordered the arrest and taken to Makurdi, the State capital, a senior journalist with Peoples Daily newspaper, Sunday Ode over an alleged offensive statement issued on behalf of the Association of Igede Media. Professionals.Ode, who is the President of the association, was picked up today, May 1, allegedly on the order of Governor Samuel Ortom.A statement by Egah Egiri for the association, said Ode was arrested yesterday, April 30, at Karu by armed policemen and DSS operatives.The association said that the security operatives said that they…
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DSS frees sacked Kano Govs. aide, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai
The Department of State Services, (DSS), yesterday freed the former spokesman to the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai. His elder brother, Umar, confirmed the development to newsmen yesterday night. “My brother has just been released by DSS. We are now driving home,” he said, without further elaboration regarding the conditions of the bail. Recall that Yakasai was picked up by the DSS on Saturday, the same day he was relieved of his position as an aide to Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The DSS had admitted on…
Read MoreAgain, DSS issues security alert on plans by ‘elements’ to stir ethno-religious violence in Nigeria
…’Wake up to your responsibility’ – CAN reacts The Department of State Services, (DSS), has, once again, sent out a warning to Nigerians to shun violence of any form, as well as reminding citizens of its earlier warnings to the public about “plans by persons and groups to exploit some fault lines to cause ethno-religious violence in parts of the country”. Recall that the DSS, through its spokesman, Peter Afunanya, had, on January 11, issued a warning where it said it had uncovered plans by some elements working with external…
Read MoreDSS alleges plot to incite religious violence in Lagos, Kano, others
The Department of State Services, (DSS), has alleged that there is a plot to incite religious violence in Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Oyo, Lagos, and some States in the South-East. This was contained in a statement issued yesterday by the DSS’s Head, Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, titled: ‘Plots to incite religious violence in Nigeria’. The DSS also warned that some worship centres and religious leaders may be attacked. It further disclosed that part of the plans is to cause inter-religious conflicts as well as use their foot soldiers to…
Read MoreHeroic abducted DSS personnel abducted at gunpoint kills one, get others arrested
An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Tosin Daramola, has escaped abduction at gunpoint after he intentionally rammed his car into a culvert, leading to the death of a kidnapper and arrest of the other. It was gathered that the heroic DSS operative was attacked at gunpoint on Tuesday by two kidnappers, who forced their way into his vehicle and forcefully rerouted him from Dutse-Alhaji junction to Zuba, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). One of the two abductors with a knife had it on the officer’s neck…
Read MoreIPOB members kill DSS operatives in Enugu
The Department of State Services (DSS) said members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) killed two of its operatives yesterday at Emene in Enugu State. Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer, narrated the incident in a statement Sunday night. A statement issued by DSS said the two personnel died “in what was clearly an unprovoked violent attack launched by IPOB on the team.” The security agency, has, therefore, vowed to track the perpetrators and bring them to justice. “DSS wishes to inform the public that its patrol team was, today,…
Read MoreI stand by my words that ‘Nigeria is turning to a failed state,’ – Na’Abba says after grilling by DSS
Former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’aba, has said that he stands by his words that the country was turning to a failed state, adding that what he said was the truth considering the insecurity, corruption and bad governance in the country. Na’aba was grilled by operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday in Abuja over his comment on the plan by his group to bring about a new Nigeria that works for all. Addressing journalists at the headquarters of the National Consultative Front shortly…
Read MoreDSS summons former Speaker, Na’abba, for criticizing Buhari’s government
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’abba, has been invited by the Department of State Services over the interview he granted Channels Television on Thursday regarding the agenda of the National Consultative Front to bring about a new Nigeria that works for all. Spokesperson for the group, Dr Tanko Yunusa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said the former Speaker had decided to honour the DSS invitation on Monday by 12:00pm. Recall that Na’abba had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of turning Nigeria into a…
Read MoreDSS releases Mailafia, as NBC moves to sanction Radio station over interview
The Department of State Services, DSS, has released former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, who was invited for questioning over some allegations he made on the security situation in the country. Mailafia had been invited by the DSS to appear at its office on Wednesday following an interview he granted to a radio station in which he accused a northern governor of being a commander of Boko Haram. Dr. Mailafia, on Wednesday, honoured the invitation of DSS over his comment that government is…
Read MoreDSS arrests ex-Aso Villa staff for alleged 50,000 scam
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a former staff in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mohammed Momoh, for alleged $50,000 fraud. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who paraded Momoh before journalists at the agency’s office in Abuja, said the suspect posed as an aide to the Chief of Staff to the President to defraud one Benson Agiobu of $50,000. According to him, Momoh requested the money to secure an appointment for Agiobu as the special adviser to the president on oil and gas. He added…
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