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The Department of State Services, DSS, has asked organised labour to shelve its planned nationwide protest over high cost of living and sundry issues in the country in the interest of peace. But the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday dared the DSS to stop the protest, advising the secret police to face its job of…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has allegedly arrested the president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, over the creation of a vigilante group, Nomad’s Vigilante Group. Though the DSS spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, would not confirm or deny the report, it was gathered that Bodejo was arrested on Tuesday at the Miyetti…
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Yesterday in Abuja, lawyers, who, on Monday, filed contempt proceedings against the DG of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, following the continued detention of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, have raised the alarm over alleged threats to their lives. The Lawyers spoke yesterday on the premises of the…
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Bringing only two-count charge against the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele by the Department of State Service have been labeled as a political witch-hunt. Several opinions have it that the witch hunt is targeted at Emefiele for his implementation of the naira redesign policy that almost frustrated the campaign…
Youths of the apex igbo socio-cultural organization (OYC) has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately arrest a former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, over his threat to the Igbo people. Dokubo was seen in a trending video brandishing guns and threatening the Igbo-speaking people in Nigeria, after meeting President Bola Tinubu. The…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has disclosed that certain subversive persons and groups have been identified and discovered to be planning campaigns to paint the government as bad over the suspension and investigation of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. Dr Peter Afunanya, Spokesman of the DSS, stated this in a…
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Some members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday asked for the rationale behind the decision of Department of State Security (DSS) not inviting former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Datti Ahmed and a prominent Lawyer over alleged call for an interim government in the country. The House had reached a resolution passed after debate on…
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The governors of the 36 states of the federation will on Tuesday meet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the security votes in their respective domains. Also expected at the meeting are the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Federal…