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Mazi Emeka April 27, 2016

DSS arrests Saraki’s assistant

A Special Assistant to the Senate President on Youth and Student Matters, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, was on Monday, arrested by officials of the Department of State Services. According to a…

Mazi Emeka April 25, 2016

‘FG, AGF, DSS, judiciary ganging up against Nnamdi Kanu’ – IPOB

Secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Monday, accused the Nigerian government, the Department of State Services and the Attorney General of the Federation, of trying to frustrate the…

Op-Ed Editor April 24, 2016

Opinion: Mr President, should we queue up to be slaughtered or fight the herdsmen?

“All animals are equal; but, some animals are more equal than others”. George Orwell, 1903-1950 in ANIMAL FARM. “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.”—Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, wife…

Adebayo Emuleomo April 20, 2016

DSS compelled to dole out N5m to Ekiti lawmaker over ‘illegal arrest’

The Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti has ruled that the Department of State Services illegally arrested a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni and has consequently…

Op-Ed Editor April 19, 2016

Opinion: Buhari’s DSS of ethnic and political oppression

Like most other appointments in his 11 months in the job, only President Muhammadu Buhari knows why he pulled out his kinsman, Lawal Daura, from retirement and handed him the…

Azubuike Azikwe April 14, 2016

Shallow graves: Your allegation is ‘very suspicious’ – Ohanaeze tells DSS

Following the Department of State Services' indictment of the Indigenous People of Biafra, in the killing of five Fulani herdsmen, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the…

Azubuike Azikwe April 13, 2016

Shallow graves: ‘Without autopsy, how did DSS identify the victims?’

Elite Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Aka Ikenga, has reacted to the allegation made by the Department of State Services - that the Indigenous People of Biafra were behind the killings of…

Mazi Emeka April 12, 2016

IPOB to DSS: ‘Where were you when Fulani herdsmen killed people in Agatu, Enugu’

Secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday, denied the allegations by the Department of State Services (DSS) that they killed five Fulani herdsmen and dumped their bodies in…

Op-Ed Editor April 11, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Of DSS, shallow graves, sensationalism and sectionalism

The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves, five of which they claimed had…

Adebayo Emuleomo April 10, 2016

‘IPOB members are igniting ethnic terrorism’ – DSS

The Department of State Services has accused members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) of being complicit in the abduction/kidnap of five Hausa-Fulani residents, namely Mohammed Gainako, Ibrahim Mohammed,…

Adebayo Emuleomo April 10, 2016

DSS captures Boko Haram’s founding member (PHOTOS)

The Department of State Services, DSS has announced the capture of one Mohammed Usman, popularly known as Khalid Al-Barnawi in a major breakthrouugh in the fight against insurgency. Usman, who…

Mazi Emeka April 2, 2016

DSS ‘arrests’ top Boko Haram commander in Lokoja

Khalid Albarnawi, a top level leader of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, is reported to have been arrested near a military facility in Lokoja, Kogi state on Friday. This is…

Mazi Emeka March 31, 2016

Alas! ‘3 Ekiti lawmakers’ weren’t abducted by DSS… they went into hiding

Embattled members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, resolved to shun any invitation from the Department of State Services (DSS), following the 19 days detention of their…

Adebayo Emuleomo March 29, 2016

‘You are the real threat to national security’ | Fayose replies APC

Ayo Fayose, Governor of Ekiti state has called the All Progressives Congress the real threat to the security of Nigeria and its people in response to a statement made by…

Kolapo Olapoju March 27, 2016

Gift of loyalty: Fayose buys ‘car’ for lawmaker detained for 18 days by DSS

Afolabi Akanni, a lawmaker in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, has been gifted with a new vehicle by Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. Akanni, who was detained for 18…

Kolapo Olapoju March 23, 2016

Detained Ekiti lawmaker hospitalised after release from DSS custody (PHOTOS)

Afolabi Akanni, the Ekiti Lawmaker that was last week, alleged to have died in the custody of the Department of State Services facilities, has been released. The state government had…

Janeth J March 21, 2016

‘DSS told Nnamdi Kanu he’d be killed in the same manner as Abiola’ – Lawyer

Lawyer of the leader of the Indigenous People of Bifra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) has threatened to murder their client the same…

Adebayo Emuleomo March 20, 2016

‘Ekiti govt must apologise to the DSS for death rumors’

The Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has charged the Ekiti state government to issue an unreserved apology to the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleging that Akanni Afolabi,…

Kolapo Olapoju March 19, 2016

DSS agent killed, 2 others die as security forces, thugs face off in Rivers

Not less than three people were killed on Friday during an intense firefight between joint security forces and thugs in the Obagi axis of Egi community, Ogba Egbema Ndoni local…

Kolapo Olapoju March 18, 2016

Detained Ekiti lawmaker ‘is terribly sick, needs urgent medical attention’

According to the government of Ekiti state, Afolabi Akanni, the lawmaker who is being detained by the Department of State Services (DSS), requires urgent medical attention. The Ekiti government had…

Janeth J March 17, 2016

Ekiti lawmaker alleged to have ‘died in custody’, is alive

The Department of State Services has produced alive, Afolabi Akanni, the Ekiti lawmaker alleged to have died in custody. This allegation was made on Thursday, at a news conference convened…

Adebayo Emuleomo March 12, 2016

‘Harassing me would bring down Buhari’s government’

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has once again warned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Department of State Services that he is a formidable opponent to deal with. Fayose, who…

Janeth J March 12, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Agatu death toll exaggerated’ | Democrats’ best choice is Obama | Violence escalates in Trump’s rallies | More stories

DPR, IPMAN clash over fuel scarcity. Punch Saraki to wear #MadeinAba clothes at resumed plenary. Vanguard Gunmen burn houses, kill 3 in Benue. Leadership Arewa wants President, governors stripped of…

Janeth J March 9, 2016

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