DSS

5 reasons why IPOB is happy with President Buhari

That the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) would claim to be genuinely happy with President Muhammadu Buhari is just as unlikely as snow falling in Lagos, not with the continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. However, in a sarcastic twist, the group has declared that it is happy with President Buhari’s style of governance... Read More

biafra, Buhari, DSS, IPOB, MASSOB, Nnamdi Kanu, onitsha, security

Ezeife says President Buhari is using the DSS to oppress Igbo people

A former governor of Anambra state has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of using the Department of State Services (DSS) to oppress the Igbo people in the South East region of the country.. The former governor, Emeka Ezeife alongside professor Pat Utomi were barred from speaking at a book launch in Akwa by agents of the... Read More

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biafra, Buhari, DSS, south east, state police

The DSS appears to have killed a man for nothing – and his family isn’t having it

A man suspected to be the friend of a suspect wanted by the Department of State Services in Lagos state has been allegedly tortured to death while in the custody of the state security service. The man, Eyitayo (surname withheld), was not arrested for being a criminal but rather for being the friend of a... Read More

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DSS fails to produce Dasuki in court, lawyer accuses FG of ‘frustrating trial’

Yet again, the Department of State Services failed to produce former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in court for the continuation of his trial at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, May 3. Dasuki, who is on trial for charges of corruption, has been in the custody of the DSS since 2015 despite... Read More

Arms scandal, corruption, dasuki, DSS, EFCC, trial

Institutions

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 statement issued by his brother, Obinna Ikeagwuonu, Ugochinyere was arrested and detained by the DSS when he went to honor an invitation by the Assistant... Read More

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‘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 criminal trial of its embattled leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group said this in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Officer, Emma Powerful, who... Read More

AGF, DSS, FG, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu

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 of late American President. From Agatu to Akure to Aba the story is the same. For that matter from Abia to Zamfara states and the... Read More

Abia, Agatu, benue, DSS, Fulani herdsmen, killings, violence

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 ordered the security agency to pay him N5 million as damages. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, who presided over the trial gave his judgement on Wednesday, April... Read More

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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 sensitive and strategic job of director general of the Directorate of State Securities (DSS). That was in July 2015, barely one month after he was... Read More

Agatu, Buhari, Dictator, DSS, Fulani herdsmen, killing, violence

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 DSS to produce physical evidence to back its claim. The DSS had alleged that IPOB was responsible for killing and burying the bodies of five... Read More

DSS, Fulani, IPOB, Ohanaeze, shallow graves

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 five Fulani men in Abia state. In a statement signed on Tuesday by Aka Ikenga’s president-general, Goddy Uwazuruike, the group said: “Aka Ikenga has read... Read More

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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 gutters at Abia state. The group questioned why the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government was worried when Fulani herdsmen were killed but never... Read More

DSS, fulani herdmen, IPOB

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 some Fulani natives buried in them, is most unfortunate to have come from an otherwise responsible security outfit. While we await the veracity or otherwise... Read More

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‘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, Idris Yakubu, and Isa Mohammed Rago at Isuikwuato LGA in Abia state. According to the statement released by Tony Opuiyo on behalf of the DSS,... Read More

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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 was captured on Friday, April 1, in Lokoja, Kogi state while he was undercover with a false identity, is a founding member of the Jama’at... Read More

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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 according to a series of tweets published by Ahmad Salkida, a journalist renowned for his access to top Boko Haram militants. Albarnawi, who is the... Read More

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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 colleague, Afolabi Akanni. During a pressing briefing held by the Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole and Information Committee Chairman, Gboyega Aribisogan, three members of... Read More

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‘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 the party that labeled him as a threat to national security. In a statement released by Fayose’s media adviser, Lere Olayinka on Monday, March 28... Read More

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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 days by the Department of State Services, was presented with the car gift at a ceremony held at the Jibowu Hall of the governor’s office... Read More

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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 claimed that credible information suggests that Akanni had given up the ghost while being held by the security agency. The DSS responded almost immediately, by... Read More

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‘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 way late politician/businessman Moshood Abiola was ‘killed’. His lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor revealed to journalists over the weekend, that Kanu has been informed that such an... Read More

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‘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, a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly was killed in its custody. Following the alarm raised by the Ekiti state government after the... Read More

Afolabi Akanni, diaspora, DSS, Ekiti, Fayose

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 government area of Rivers state. During the gun battle, an operative of the Department of State Services, was reported to have been shot dead. The... Read More

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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 on Thursday alleged that the lawmaker had died in the custody of the security agency but the DSS would subsequently produce him alive, in a... Read More

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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 by the Ekiti state commissioner for information, youth, sports and culture, Lanre Ogunsuyi. “Information reaching us indicates that one of the abducted members of the... Read More

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‘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 has constantly accused President Buhari of being a dictator disguised in the robes of democracy, speaking on the judgement of the Federal High Court ordering... Read More

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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 immunity. Nation DSS ordered to release Ekiti lawmaker. Leadership Ekweremadu says there’s no secret zoning of PDP NWC offices. Punch Rep describes APC government as... Read More

APC, Arewa, benue state, DSS, Ekiti, Ekweremadu, PDP, tracklist

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Aregbesola creates new 31 LCDAs | Ted Cruz wins Idaho | Okorocha swears-in 8 judges | More stories

Troops fight off Boko Haram attacks, kill 18. Vanguard Aregbesola creates 31 new LCDAs in Osun. Leadership Oronsaye rearrested by EFCC over N240m fraud. Punch Reps condemn Kachikwu plan to break NNPC into 30 companies. Vanguard Zuma says South Africa has 120 companies in Nigeria. Leadership FRSC interrogates Ocholi’s driver on hospital bed. Punch Imo... Read More

DSS, Ekiti lawmakers, Imo, nnpc, Ocholi driver, tracklist, wike

‘DSS agents, with Igbo names, to testify against Nnamdi Kanu’ – MASSOB

A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has described the allegation that they intend to invade the courtroom and free Nnamdi Kanu, as the ‘ranting of a confused and drowning people’. The Uchenna Madu-led faction of MASSOB said on Tuesday, that the group has no intention to... Read More

DSS, MASSOB, Nnamdi Kanu, trial

Fayose’s commissioners quizzed, Ekiti lawmakers in DSS custody

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, has been detained by the Department of State Services since Monday, March 7. The commissioner for finance is being quizzed on how the state spent the N5.2bn that was paid by the federal government as reimbursement for the money spent on federal roads during the regime of... Read More

Ayo Fayose, DSS, Ekiti State, election, roads

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