Tag: Marilyn Ogar

DSS finally fires Marilyn Ogar and 44 others

After Marilyn Ogar was demoted some time this year, the Department of State Services (DSS) has finally sacked her and 44 other top directors in the security agency. Ogar was the…

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DSS transfers Marilyn Ogar to Boko Haram stronghold

The Department of State Services (DSS) has been experiencing new changes lately and it has entered another phase during the week, with new postings and a series of reversals. DSS…

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DSS Director Daura demotes Marilyn Ogar

In what looks like a political battle, the newly appointed director general of the Department of State Security (DSS) Lawal Musa Daura, has demoted the agency’s former spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar via…

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Should the Oba of Lagos be worried?… DSS is ‘taking appropriate action’

by James Sambo It is highly unlikely that anything would be done... but the Department of State Security says it is taking appropriate action on the threat of the Oba of…

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Was Timipre Sylva arrested by the DSS or was his visit err… voluntary?

by Iyobosa Omoregie The former governor of Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, on Friday, February 6, went in for questioning at the Department of State Services (DSS). While some reports say Sylva,…

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Boko Haram plans to attack soft targets using livestock – NOA, DSS

by Anike Jacobs Mike Omeri, Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and coordinator of the National Information Centre, has revealed that Boko Haram is planning to attack soft targets…

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DSS gives Amaechi ‘last warning’ over inciting statements

by Azubuike Azikiwe   The Department of State Security has had its say about the comments of Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, where he urged Nigerian soldiers to protest not…

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Blame fuel scarcity on TOTAL – SSS

by James Sambo According to the Department of State Services (DSS), the ongoing nationwide strike embarked upon by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN)…

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Opinion: Dear GEJ, negotiation is still the only way to defeat Boko Haram

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Terrorism is achieving political agenda through violence. The politics of power is the reason behind the argument of not negotiating with terrorists. The protagonist point of view…

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DSS warns Nigerians to watchout for female suicide bombers dressed as nuns

by S'ola Filani The Department of State of State Service (DSS) has warned that terrorists may be planning to attack in a different way after 13 pieces of Catholic Reverend…

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Abimbola Adelakun: Who is Marilyn Ogar working against?

by Abimbola Adelakun By tomorrow, Friday, August 22, the kidnapped girls of Chibok would have been unwitting ”guests” of Boko Haram for 130 days. Between their kidnap and frightful escapes,…

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See you in court – APC breathes fire at Marilyn Ogar

by Godwin Akanfe The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it called a thinly-veiled attempt by the Directorate of Security Service (DSS) to link the party with the insurgent…

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Why we released Nyanya bombing mastermind after arrest in 2011 – SSS

by Akan Ido The Spokesperson of the State Security Service, Marilyn Ogar has given an insight into the arrest and release of the Nyanya bombing mastermind, Aminu Sadik Owuche in…

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Nigeria, others commence operations to rescue abducted Chibok schoolgirls

File photo by Akan Ido Mike Omeri, the Coordinator of the National Information Centre has announced the commencement of operations to rescue the missing schoolgirls kidnapped a month ago in…

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Oby Ezekwesili reacts to Nasir el-Rufai’s SSS drama (READ)

Oby Ezekwesili by Akan Ido Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to attempts by the State Security Service (SSS) to arrest ex-FCT Minister and member of the opposition All…

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Shola Oshunkeye: 10 dead squatters and the rest of us

by Shola Oshunkeye That contradiction clearly underscores the unhealthy rivalry among our security agencies. The disturbing development has become a recurring decimal since the Jonathan Administration declared war on Boko…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Ex-AGF Aondoakaa’s connection in James Ibori’s corruption saga (Part 2)

by Olusegun Adeniyi As the man at whose desk the buck stopped, he (Yar'Adua) must accept responsibility—and Nigerians indeed hold him accountable—for everything that happened on his watch. When the…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Ex-AGF Aondoakaa’s connection in James Ibori’s corruption saga (Part 1)

by Olusegun Adeniyi I watched Ogar’s press conference and noticed how she was hesitant, tentative and edgy about the arms cache that were purportedly (her exact word) buried in the…

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Doyin Okupe, Osaze, Kola Boof, Marilyn Ogar … Who else? See the Top 10 people who need to SHUT UP in 2013

by Chi Ibe What purpose exactly, does this elephant in the room, serve in the government of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan? Charly Boy   While we are on the subject of…

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Report: Armed security agents arrest journalists in Kaduna

by Akan Ido Nigerian security operatives earlier today stormed the homes of two journalists arresting them. The two journalists write for Al-Mizan, a Hausa language newspaper. Sources say the men…

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JTF gives details of how top Boko Haram commander was killed

by Isi Esene The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) operating in Kano have confirmed the death of a top Boko Haram leader and two others. Reports say the members of…

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Inside job? Two SSS officials held over security breach

by Isi Esene A senior intelligence official with the State Security Service (SSS) has confirmed that two employees of the spy agency have been arrested over the leak of personal…

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Boko Haram 2.0? Sect publishes personal details of SSS operatives (including the DG)

by Isi Esene The radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has published several names believed to be that of members of the State Security Service, the Associated Press reports exclusively. "The…

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“In truth, I shot him only once” – Suspects narrate how Oyerinde, Oshiomhole’s aide was killed

by Isi Esene The suspected killers of Olaitan Oyerinde, aide to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, have revealed that they were at his house not to assassinate him but for a robbery.…

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