The Department of State Services (DSS) has sued Prof. Pat Utomi over his alleged plan to establish what he called, “a shadow government” in the country. The DSS, in a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, prayed the court to declare the move as an attack...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and lead defence lawyer in the terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Kanu Agabi (SAN), has denied a report that officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) Monday in Abuja...
The Federal High Court Abuja has admitted the medical report and death certificate of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, as evidence in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is facing terrorism-related charges. Justice James Omotoso, who presided...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has raised critical concerns bordering on national security, religious freedom, and institutional discrimination during a strategic interface with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Thursday that the broadcasts made by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu led to the killing of a former Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to ex-President Gooluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak and...
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday, said in a video played in court that the destructions witnessed during the #ENDSAR Protest in October 2020 could not have been as a result of his broadcasts on Biafra Radio. Kanu stated this during his...
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu – the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – has said Kanu confirmed making broadcast in which he called for the assassination of President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, played some of the Biafra Radio broadcast and videos made by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in open court to establish the allegation of terrorism preferred against him. The broadcast and video documents, which were marked as exhibits,...
The Department of State Services (DSS), has now delisted the name of Mr. Lanre Arogundade, from its watchlist. Arogundade, who is the Executive Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), had been on the watchlist of the secret Police for 40 years. Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times and President of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Tuesday how the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, admitted operating an illegal radio station and inciting members of the public to attack police officers. An official of the Department of State Services (DSS)...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, banished Mrs Favour Kanu, wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu, the younger brother to Nnamdi Kanu for streaming the proceedings of the court live on her Facebook page. Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is being prosecuted...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Details have emerged of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) rescued a factional President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Hon. Abubakar Isa Atiku, Tuesday in Abuja, after an attempt to inaugurate factional executives ended in a free for all....
The principal witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People’s of Biafra on Friday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the illegal radio transmitters found in his hotel room at the time of arrest in...
A prosecution witness, identified as PW-AAA, on Friday, said that Simon Ekpa would soon be brought from Finland to Nigeria to face trial for supporting Nnamdi Kanu in the agitation for Republic of Biafra. PW-AAA, one of the Department of State Service (DSS) operatives that arrested Kanu in 2015...
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, operating under the Central Naval Command, has handed over three suspects to the Department of State Services (DSS) for illegal possession of firearms . The suspects were found to have also acted as unauthorised security escort aboard the Motor Fishing Trawler (MFT) Olokun VIII....
When on August 26, 2024, President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi as the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), I got tons of calls from several serving and retired officers of the Service. The calls were two-pronged – congratulatory; and “to pray that your friend delivers. “To...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the prescribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until Friday for cross examination of the Federal Government’s witness. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the case after the FG’s counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, led the...
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the umbrella body of cattle herders in Nigeria, has praised President Bola Tinubu for appointing Mr. Tosin Ajayi as Directo- General of the Department of State Services (DSS), describing the appointment as one of the best by the administration. MACBAN thanked...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Government has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) as being its most reliable partner in tackling insecurity in the state. Secretary to the Plateau State government, Architect Samuel Jatau, in a statement on Tuesday urged members of the public to ignore...
When the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Adeola Ajayi advocated for self-help and communal approach to insecurity and crimes such as raids on vulnerable communities leading to unprovoked deaths, insurgency, banditry and kidnapping, he ignited a heated debate about whether his suggestion invited anarchy and mutually...