Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has charged the personnel of the Nigerian Police and other paramilitary agencies to shun all forms of inter-agencies rivalries, adding that when such exist the job of securing the Nation will suffer. Dr. Audi also urged the officers to embrace rule of law in the discharge Read More
A non-profit Civil Society Organisation, Coalition for Peace in Nigeria (COPIN), has called on relevant security agencies to arrest and prosecute a certain Jackson Ude, over his defamatory outing against the person of the Director General of the Department of State Services (DGSS), Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi. In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Pharmacist Emeka Akwuobi, COPIN challenged Read More
The Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), a formidable and frontline Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has urged Nigerians to “disregard the unfounded and hilarious falsehood being peddled by one fugitive by name of Jackson Ude, a well known merchant of misinformation and fake news alleging among other spurious claims that the Department of State Security (DSS), Nigeria’s number one spy agency and Read More
The Nigerian Army and the Department of State Service (DSS), Friday, foiled planned attack by Boko Haram in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano state. According to a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, five AK 47 rifles, five AK 47 Rifle Magazines, one rocket-propelled gun, five RPG bombs, six hand grenades, five pairs of desert camouflage Read More
A former minister of aviation and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to call a Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to order to stop him from setting the country on the path of religious war. His position followed the cleric’s utterances on certain national issues, including the election Read More
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, regained his freedom Thursday night and was immediately picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to multiple sources. Emefiele is being interrogated and there are indications that fresh charges will be filed against him. Emefiele had been in the custody of the Department Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS), Thursday, confirmed the release of the former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Blueprint reports that Bawa, who was arrested and detained by the DSS on June 14, 2023, was freed on Wednesday night October 25. The Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, confirmed the release Read More
The Department of State Service (DSS) has reportedly released embattled former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, after over spending 134 days in custody. Blueprint reports that Bawa was arrested by the DSS operatives on June 14, 2023, hours after his suspension from office as EFCC Chairman by President Bola Tinubu over alleged abuse of Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over alleged plot by individuals and groups to stage violent protests across Nigeria in order to discredit the federal government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters. Blueprint reports that this may not be unconnected with the expected outcome of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s judgement scheduled to be delivered Read More
With an imposing view at the gate of Nigeria and Africa’s best intelligence agency is an owl, a bird known for its keen vision and unprecedented ability to detect both prey and danger miles away. The remarkable visual prowess of an owl serves as an apt metaphor for clandestine intelligence gathering. Much like the owl’s ability to navigate the night Read More
Rising-Up for a United Nigeria, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has condemned call for scrapping of the Department of State Security (DSS). The CSO seeks to promote good governance and accountability. The attack on DSS comes in the wave of media attacks allegedly by persons loyal to the former Central Bank Governor Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Addressing journalists during a press Read More
Recently, the media is awash with various commentaries about DSS disobedience to Court Orders. These accusations, as wrong as they are, have peaked in the Emefiele saga. It may interest the public and indeed the avowed critics of the Service to note the following incidents and timelines to show that it has religiously obeyed Court orders in respect of the Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS), has invited the Secretary to Ogun State Government, Tokunbo Talabi. He was interrogated over recent allegations of fraud levelled against him. Talabi was reportedly grilled for five hours on Friday at the Abeokuta office of the DSS and was released afterwards on self-recognition. He was invited over an alleged involvement with Superflux Printing Limited, Read More
…Felicitate suspended CBN gov on 62nd birthday anniversary Civil Society Central Coordinating Council (CSCCC), and socio-cultural groups, namely Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Ohanaeze Youth Movement, have urged President Bola Ahmed Bola to direct the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey the subsisting Court Order on the release of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, Read More
Nigerians are eagerly waiting to see if President Bola Tinubu-led administration will obey the rule of law, as Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, granted the suspended Cenntral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the order of court admitting him to bail and Read More
Rising-Up for a United Nigeria (RUN) has said the call for the removal of the Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS) by Arewa Civil Society Organisations (ACSO) is another plot to distract the attention of the Service and the general public from the ongoing prosecution of criminal cases against highly placed individuals in the country. Rising-Up for Read More
A Civil Society Organization, Save Nigerian Movement (SNM) has insisted that the recent call for the sack of the Director General of the Department of State Security (DGSS) Mr. Yusuf Magagi Bichi is the handiwork of high profile criminal suspects who are currently undergoing trial for various crimes of multiple dimensions. Describing such calls as a desperate bid by criminal Read More
The Coalition of Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has warned a faceless Northern group threatening to lead protest against Director-General of State Services, Alhaji YM Bichi to desist forthwith, or face a counter-offensive by well-meaning Nigerians, who are better informed about the state of affairs in the country. The said its investigations, as a patriotic, non-profit group, revealed that billions of Read More
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Save Nigerian Movement (SNM), has insisted that the recent call for the sack of the Director General of the Department of State Security (DGSS) Mr. Yusuf Magagi Bichi “is the handiwork of high profile criminal suspects who are currently undergoing trial for various crimes of multiple dimensions.” The CSO described such calls as a desperate Read More
A civil society organisation (CSO), African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has described the rearrest of the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services (DSS) on the grounds of terrorism as void and laughable, saying an earlier court judgement had voided the terrorism allegations him and barred the secret police from arresting him. The Read More
A socio-cultural group, Arewa Youths Movement (AYM), has described the rearrest of the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services (DSS) as baseless, void and contemptuous violation of earlier court judgement voiding terrorism allegations against him. The secret police and officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) clashed over the agency’s move to take custody of Read More
In an attempt to re-arrest the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) were seen rough handling a prison officer from inside to outside a high court premises in Lagos state.
The officials of Nigerian Correctional Service withdrew as the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) re-arrested the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. He was re-arrested shortly after being granted bail at the Federal High Court premises in Lagos. Recall that the DSS operatives and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service had engaged Read More
Human Rights Lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LIDD) have berated the of Department of State Services (DSS), over the alleged assault on judiciary, lawyers, prison officials, and media by DSS operatives in a bid to stop prison officials from carrying out their job of taking the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, into custody as ordered Read More
There was pandemonium at the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, following an attempt by the Departmenr of State Security Service to rearrest former governor of Central Bank Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was charged by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation office under the Ministry of Justice. He is standing trial before Justice Nicholas Read More
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