The Department of State Services (DSS), otherwise called the State Security Services, has locked up a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, over a social media post deemed defamatory against Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari. According to Peoples Gazette, the student, Aminu Adamu Muhammed, had in June 2022 posted on Twitter that “Mrs
DSS Told To Investigate, Arrest Shiekh Gumi
A civil society organisation, the Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to, as a matter of urgent national importance, arrest a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi over alleged romance with bandits/terrorists. According to COPIN, Gumi should ordinarily be a person of interest, considering his open fraternity
Mama Biafra, IPOB supporter, released from DSS custody
Ukamaka Ejezie, a supporter of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has regained freedom from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ifeanyi Ejiofor, IPOB lead’s counsel, confirmed this to TheCable in a telephone interview on Sunday morning. The 80-year-old woman, popularly known as Mama Biafra, was reportedly arrested during Nnamdi Kanu’s court
IPOB spits fire over Buhari’s planned visit to Ebonyi State
The indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday said that the plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to secretly visit Ebonyi State will be resisted by youths of the South East geopolitical zone, unless the national leader, Nnamdi Kanu is released unconditionally from the DSS detention. IPOB expressed regrets that their leader, Kanu who according to
FIRS FRAUD: Nami, Fowler Loot N70BN Illegal Oil Tax , EFCC
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, is again stewed in another juice of fraud totaling over N70 billion being 4 percent Cost of Collection (CoC) it illegally collected between 2017 and 2020, according to documents seen by our reporter. FIRS Chairman, Mohammed Mamman Nami and former Chairman, Babatunde Fowler are linked with the fraud alongside
DSS, FRSC offices in Anambra set Ablaze
Few hours after the home of Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was set ablaze in Nnewi, unknown gunmen have also attacked the offices of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the same area; Nnewi, Anambra State.. According to Daily Post, the gunmen drove
DSS storm Saudi Arabia Doctor’s job recruitment venue as interview suspended
Operatives of the Department of State Services, on Thursday, dispersed medical doctors, who stormed the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, to take part in the recruitment interview organised by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health. The PUNCH had on Tuesday reported that medical consultants in their hundreds flooded the Ladi Kwali Hall of the hotel to participate in
Israeli Activists Release Documentary about ordeal in Nigeria DSS custody (video)
We Were Caged Like Animals By Nigeria’s Department Of State Services For 20 Days — Israeli Filmmakers Recount Experiences In Video Clip The three Israeli filmmakers arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), Rochman Rudy, Noam Leibman and French-Israeli journalist, David Benaym have narrated the torture they experienced while in detention. They disclosed their
Breaking : Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial adjourned
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday, failed to produce the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu before the Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of his trial. When the case was called up around 11:09am, Government lawyer, M. B. Abubakar, blamed Kanu’s absence in court on what
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer drops advice ahead of Tomorrow’s court case
Nnamdi Kanu,the leader of the IPOB is set to appear in court tomorrow for his first hearing. DSS had earlier made some serious demands, asking the press willing to appear in court to get clearance from them. This act most people have considered very un_democratic. However, the lawyer to the embattled IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu