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Abuja Terror Alert Why We Raided Trademore Estate - DSS

Abuja Terror Alert: Why We Raided Trademore Estate – DSS

October 29, 2022 5:54 am

The Nigerian secret police otherwise known as the Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the raid on Trademore Estate in Abuja as tension in the capital city brews. 

Dr. Peter Afunanya who is the spokesman for the DSS, who confirmed the raid, noted that there was no joint operation with foreign military.

In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Afunanya said: “It is true that an operation was carried out by DSS operatives and the Nigerian military but no foreign military personnel was involved.

‘It is not true …

Allow Us Buy Nnamdi Kanu’s Medications, IPOB Lawyer Tells DSS

Allow Us Buy Nnamdi Kanu’s Medications, IPOB Lawyer Tells DSS

September 27, 2022 5:53 am

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the legal representative of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has appealed to the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow family members to provide funds to be used for the medical treatment of his client. 

Ejiofor, the lawyer of the pro-Biafran group made the call on Monday, after returning from a court-ordered routine visit to the DSS headquarters in Abuja, where Kanu is being held under solitary confinement for over 14 months.

According to the IPOB lawyer, Kanu’s health condition of recent has been worsening in recent times.

Ejiofor said …

We Are Not In The Business Of TerroriSing Nigerians - DSS

We Are Not In The Business Of Terrorising Nigerians – DSS

September 1, 2022 5:31 am

According to the Department of State Services (DSS), after rounds of rumors have been circulating that the agency does not kidnap or terrorise Nigerians but is rather looking for ways to keep them safe at all times.

The group was replying to a claim made in a statement by Amnesty International reported that the DSS of the current administration was abducting innocent Nigerian citizens.

However, Dr. Peter Afunanya, the DSS spokesman, cleared the organization of any role in the kidnapping in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday.

The statement partly reads: ‘The attention of the Department of State Services …

Insecurity Suspected Deadly Terrorists Arrested In Lagos

Insecurity: Suspected Deadly Terrorists Arrested In Lagos

August 10, 2022 5:28 am

A yet-to-be-identified number of persons suspected to be terrorists causing havoc in parts of the country were on Tuesday nabbed by members of the Nigerian army in Lagos State.

Accorrding to reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York, the suspects who wore military camouflage and other accouterments were arrested in different parts of the state following a raid.

The suspected terrorists were reported to have been drafted by their sponsors to survey some areas in Lagos for possible attacks.

The arrests, according to reports, were made by the Department of State Service, DSS and the 81 Division …

DSS Queries Chidoka Over Comments On Security Flop In Nigeria

DSS Queries Chidoka Over Comments On Security Flop In Nigeria

August 4, 2022 4:41 am

The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has tackled the former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, over his recent outburst over the security situation in the country in recent times, accusing him of displaying crass ignorance in public.

The former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps had during a live television interview that was monitored earlier in the week, blamed the worsening insecurity in the country on the failure of the leadership to manage the country’s diversity to promote cohesion and efficiency among the nation’s military and security agencies.

The former minister called for what he termed ‘creative measures’ …

2023 Polls Court Blocks INEC From Ending Voter Registration

INEC Confirms Arrest Of Security Official For Selling PVC Forms

June 22, 2022 2:17 pm

Some of the detectives from the Department of Security Service, DSS, Port Harcourt branch have detained a guard attached to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State for selling some of their sensitive materials.

INEC had also made confirmations that the guard arrested is attached to its Eligbolo Registration Centre in Obio/Akpor area office on allegation of extortion of money from members of the public.

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In a press statement by signed by Geraldine Ekelemu,Public Affairs officer for Mr. Obong Effanga, the Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, said, “The Independent

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Amotekun Nabs Man Impersonating DSS In Ekiti

Amotekun Nabs Man Impersonating DSS In Ekiti

May 16, 2022 5:01 am

Operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have arrested a man, identified simply as Fatoba, along Efon–Ado Road for illegal possession of a gun and impersonating the country’s secret police.

Amotekun Corps Commandant, Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (retd.), made this disclosure in Ado Ekiti yesterday saying that a gun was discovered in the suspect’s car upon search by operatives of the corps, following which he identified himself as an officer of the Department of State Services.

The Amotekun commander also disclosed that a suspected human trafficker, identified as Olabode, was arrested for alleged human trafficking to Mali.

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We Did Not Arrest Any Channels Television Anchor - DSS

We Did Not Arrest Any Channels Television Anchor – DSS

August 27, 2021 1:27 am

Contrary to the reports making the rounds on social media that the anchors of Sunrise Daily’s anchors on Channels TV have been arrested, Africa Daily News, New York has gathered that no such arrests were made.

The media outfit on Friday morning put out the clarification on social media categorically stating no such arrest was made.

The media outfit pointed out that the entire anchors were invited for a meeting by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in Abuja and they have since returned from that meeting.

In a related development, the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday clarified that …

Boko Haram: DSS Invites Mailafia Over Indictment Of Governor

DSS Speaks On Sponsoring Of Thugs To Attack Protesters

October 21, 2020 8:03 am

Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services, DSS, has described the news making the round that its personnel are aiding people in support of retaining the now banned Police Anti-robbery squad, otherwise know as pro-SARS supporters and thugs to attack those advocating for the abolition of the special police unit, popularly known as #ENDSARS protesters as false.

The secret police obviously issued the statement signed by Peter Afunaya, its spokesperson, in response to a viral video showing a man in a Prado SUV dropping people believed to be hoodlums at a place where EndSARS protesters gathered at Wuse 2 …

Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), has activated a lopsided hiring process that could overfill the security agency with

How DSS Marginalised Recruitment Process To Benefit North

September 30, 2020 1:49 pm

Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), has activated a lopsided hiring process that could overfill the security agency with personnel from the Northern part of Nigeria.

According to an online tabloid, Peoples Gazette, official documents and contributions of senior intelligence officials showed that the North had a massive share of the roughly 1,300 Nigerians currently undergoing cadet training at two different camps of the secret police in Lagos and Bauch.

Of the total 628 cadet trainees, who had resumed at the Bauchi facility as of September 23, 535 identified themselves as trainees joining the service from …

Human rights group demands immediate reform of DSS by Buhari

HUIRWA Demands Immediate Reform Of DSS By Buhari

September 16, 2020 3:33 pm

A call has gone to President Muhammadu Buhari, and the National Assembly to either rejig the legislative frameworks setting up the Department of States Services (DSS) to make it more responsive to the growing trends of crimes and criminality or compel the service to focus on eradicating threats to the stability and security of Nigeria.

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, said the secret police must depart from its fixation with arresting and detaining civil society activists; media activists or political opponents of President Muhammadu Buhari and focus on terrorism; kidnappings and armed attacks of communities by …

Mbaka Asked Buhari For Contract As Reward – Presidency

Mailafia Obadiah: Presidency Blasts Nigerians Criticising DSS

August 20, 2020 5:34 am

The Presidency has taken a swipe on Nigerians criticising the invitation of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Deputy Governor, Obadiah Mailafia by the Department of State Services, DSS over his recent comments on Boko Haram.

Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Garba Shehu, the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said the DSS took the right decision.

Shehu pointed out that this was not the first time the secret police was inviting people for questioning, adding that Nigeria is not Mali.

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