Tag: DSS

March 11 Polls: ‘INEC, DSS, Police, Military tasked on credible elections’ – Ramalan, Chairman, Kaduna Restoration Group

Aminu Imam

A pro-Democracy and Good Governance group, operating under the aegis of Kaduna Restoration Group, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in Kaduna State to conduct free, fair and credible elections on Saturday to save the State from political crisis. An issued statement by the Kaduna Restoration Group Chairman,, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan yesterday, urged the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Director State Security Service (DSS), the Military and other security agents in the State to synergise and ensure free fair and credible elections. The group also urged…

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2023: “Don’t involve us in your political grievances”, Police, DSS warn politicians

Aminu Imam

The Police Command in Sokoto State and the Department of State Security (DSS) have warned politicians in the State not to involve them in their political squabbles. This is contained in an issued statement on Sunday, jointly signed by the state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Gumel, and the State Director of DSS, Yahaya Hassan, made available to the newsmen by the Spokesman of Sokoto Police command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar. It informed members of the public, particularly residents of the state, that the security agencies have dissociated themselves from the misconstrued…

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DSS uncovers Boko Haram plan to attack Abuja-Kaduna train

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Service (DSS) has uncovered a plan by Boko Haram terrorists to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train service. The DSS disclosed this in a letter sent to the Ministry of Transportation. According to reports, the Ministry of Transportation, in a letter to the Ministry of Defence, said it had on February 1, received a letter from the DSS on the threat by Boko Haram terrorists to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train services. The transportation ministry called on the Minister of Defence, as a matter of urgency, to convene a…

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2023: Atiku charges DSS, Police, others to invite Fani-Kayode to explain coup allegations

Aminu Imam

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police and other security agencies to invite the Director of Special Projects and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode to explain his allegations and insinuations of an attempted coup being planned by Atiku and top generals. Atiku, in a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant, Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu, said while reacting to a tweet by Fani-Kayode that Atiku met with top army…

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Emefiele returns, vows to continue performing duties directed by Buhari

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…As DSS denies invading CBN Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has returned to the country after his ‘annual leave’ overseas. The apex bank disclosed this in an issued statement yesterday, noting that Emefiele vowed to keep performing the tasks President Muhammadu Buhari directs him to. In the statement, signed by the apex bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Osita Nwanisobi, titled: ‘CBN Gov, Emefiele Resumes Duty after Annual Leave’, the governor said he is back with renewed vigour. The statement read: “The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria,…

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DSS to quiz bank CEOs over forex allocations since 2017

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Services (DSS) has opened wide-ranging investigations into foreign exchange (forex) received and their subsequent allocation to customers by each deposit money bank in the country, and the involvement of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN). The investigation comes at a time of increasing searchlight on the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, who just returned from overseas after reports that he will be arrested by the secret police in connection with allegations of funding terrorism. According to reports, the bank CEOs have been given a…

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DSS D-G, Bichi, bags Distinguished Security Service award

Aminu Imam

The Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, was on Thursday honoured with the ‘Distinguished Security Service’ award by the International Security Organisation (ISO-SEC) at the end of its international conference, which was held at Marriott Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland. The award on Bichi, according to the Organisation’s President, Dr. Nikolas Fokianos, is in recognition of his excellent leadership of the primary domestic intelligence Agency of Nigeria and the recorded successes against emerging internal threats in the country. The conference had as its theme: ‘Threats to Security: A Global Perspective’.…

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Petrol filling station owners dare DSS over order on petrol scarcity 

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…Says ‘change must start from the source’ The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has dismissed the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Department of State Services (DSS) for oil marketers to make petrol available for Nigerians as inconsequential. PETROAN Chairman, System 2E, Eastern Zone, Sunny Nkpe, who said this on a television programme yesterday, tasked the Government to do the needful.  Recall that the DSS through its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, had Thursday ordered petrol marketers to make the product available in order to solve the crisis of…

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Artificial Fuel Scarcity: CSO commends DSS’s intervention, urges Nigerians to expose saboteurs

Aminu Imam

A Civil Society Organisations (CSO), ‘The Natives’, has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for seizing the initiative to put a stop to the scarcity of petroleum products at retail outlets across the country. The group, in an issued statement at the weekend, noted that the move has suddenly changed the narrative of fuel queues. Checks revealed that the DSS at a meeting with Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), the leadership of the Major Marketers, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) and the Tanker Drivers Branch…

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DSS vows to deal ruthlessly with terrorists, bandits in Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday vowed to deal ruthlessly with terrorists, bandits and other enemies of State threatening the peace of Nigeria. The Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, issued the warning at the weekend, during the graduation ceremony held in honour of participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course, EIMC15, at the National Institute for Security Studies, (NISS) Abuja. It warned those planning to “mess up the country” to desist from doing so, saying “enough is enough, as any group that attacks personnel of the agency would…

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