Tag: DSS

“Address country’s economic hardship; stop weaponising DSS”, SERAP tells Tinubu

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SERAP tells Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the “weaponisation” of the Department of State Services and other security agencies in the country, and instead focus on ways to revive the national economic hardship. SERAP noted that the free expression of fundamental human rights is significant and should not be suppressed, accusing the Tinubu-led government of “threats of baseless lawsuits” against human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and other citizens. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged…

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SERAP reacts, as DSS threatens to sue media over ‘invasion’ report

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SERAP reacts 2 DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced plans to take legal action against several media houses for publishing reports on September 9, claiming its operatives “raided” the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP). This move follows SERAP’s refusal to accept responsibility for the reports, which suggested a DSS raid on its premises. The DSS has demanded that SERAP retract what it termed a “false statement” within seven days, requiring the retraction to be made through the same media platforms, as well as in at least…

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Why FG arrested NLC president, Joe Ajaero

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FG Ajaero

More facts have emerged on possible reasons behind the arrest and detention of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that the DSS operatives arrested the NLC president yesterday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to reports, Ajaero was about to board a flight to attend a conference of Trade Union Congresses (TUC) in the United Kingdom (UK) when operatives of the DSS picked him up, and was handed over to the…

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DSS ‘occupy” SERAP Abuja office a day after it told Tinubu to reverse fuel price hike

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DSS 'occupy' SERAP2

Some operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), Nigeria’s secret service agency, have arrived at the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) looking to arrest its directors. This comes a day after SERAP urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately reverse the apparently illegal and unconstitutional increase in the pump price” of petrol. SERAP is a renowned civil society organisation dedicated to public accountability and democratic freedoms. On its social media accounts yesterday, It posted: “BREAKING: Officers from…

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DSS arrests #EndBadGovernance protest leader in Abuja

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DSS arrests

Operatives of the Department of State Services, (DSS), have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing #Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Micheal Lenin. Lenin was reportedly picked up by the DSS around 2 am yesterday, at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Speaking with newsmen, the Director of Mobilisation, ‘Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola’, said Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS. He alleged that the DSS also assaulted him during his arrest. Adenola said, “ Lenin has been arrested by the…

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Nationwide protest: CSO accuses DSS of freezing bank account

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CSO accuses DSS

A civil society organisation, (CSO): ‘The Take-It-Back Movement’, has alleged the freezing of its bank account with one of the first generation banks, on the instructions of the Department of the State Services, (DSS). In a a post on its X handle on Friday, the group said the action follows its involvement in the forthcoming proposed nationwide protest,     , describing the action as lawless. It, therefore, demanded that the account be unfrozen within the next 24 hours, failing which it said a legal action will be instituted against UBA Group.…

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DSS identifies sponsors of Aug. 1 protest, warns against action

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DSS Army warns2

…”We won’t condone anarchy in guise of protest” – Army The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned against the planned nationwide protest against hardship in the country. In a press statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made available to newsmen yesterday, the agency said it had already identified the sponsors of the planned protest and warned them not to proceed with it as it is not in Nigeria’s interest. The security outfit warned that it had intelligence that the planned protest…

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DSS raises concerns over emerging security threats

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DSS

Security chiefs from the Directorate of State Services (DSS) convened in Kano State to address the escalating security challenges in the North-West region and Nigeria. The DSS Director in Kano, Alhassan Muhammad, highlighted that the 14th Quarterly Conference of State Directors of Security in the North-West geo-political zone was convened under the directive of the DSS Director-General, Yusuf Magaji Bichi. The aim was to tackle the spate of insecurity gripping the nation pro-actively. Muhammad emphasised that the conference served as a platform for exchanging knowledge, sharing insights, and exploring innovative…

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Terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu seeks transfer out of DSS custody to Kuje prison

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Tukur Mamu

…Says he needed urgent surgical operations Terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, who is standing trial for terrorism offences, has applied to the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to transfer him out of the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS) to the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Mamu asked the presiding judge, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo, to vary the remand order against him for a remand at the prison instead of the DSS custody. During the trial yesterday, Mamu through his lawyer, Abdul Mohammed, (SAN), told the court…

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DSS arrests el-Rufai’s political ally, A’isha Galadima

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One of the most prominent political allies of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, A’isha Galadima, has been arrested in Kaduna. The arrest, according to a source, was connected to a post on her Facebook page, criticising Governor Uba Sani. The female politician was picked up by the operatives of the Department of State Services, (DSS), from her residence yesterday. The development was confirmed via a telephone conversation, by one of her brothers, who said: “A’isha has just been arrested by the DSS at her Tudun-Wada residence in…

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