Mr Japhtah Yekorogha, a cousin of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, abducted on Jan. 24, has regained his freedom from his kidnappers. The announcement was contained in a statement by Mr Azibaola Robert, the younger brother to the kidnapped victim in Yenagoa on Monday. The statement signed by Mr Austin Ekeinde,...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Feb. 28 to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed the date after counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Idowu Awo, informed...
Kano State Government, on Monday, revoked the certificates of operation of all private schools in the state for revalidation. Commissioner for Education, Mr Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kano. Sanusi-Kiru hinged the decision by the state government, on the murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old...
Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) said on Sunday that they would mobilise to join the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in appearing before the Department of State Services. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said this in a statement...
A communique by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) suggests that there may be terrorist attacks in Abuja, the nation’s capital, between the 17th and 31st of December. According to a statement signed by NIS’ Land Border Patrol Commander, Edirin Okoto, the service said it has received a report from...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted 12 out of the 15 suspects linked to the invasion of the residence of the Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, to a bail in the sum of N5 million each. Justice Nkeonye Maha granted them bail after counsel to the...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday, produced 14 suspected invaders of the Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, for arraignment at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suspects were led into Court 11 by the operatives from the Force Headquarters at about 1:40pm where they will be arraigned...
The self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted a fresh suit against the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Department of the State Services (DSS) over alleged denial of his fundamental human rights. In the fresh...
Facts have emerged to prove that the viral story of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau’s reported arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) is untrue. The social media has been awash with news and photos of the former Chief of Army Staff and immediate...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the proscribed IPOB group, Nnamdi Kanu to have maximum possible comfort while in their custody. The trial judge Justice Binta Nyako who gave the order on Thursday also ordered...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) was absent in court on Thursday during the continuation of his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. One of his lawyers, Alloy Ejimakor told journalists that part of the things that will be heard is the application...
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said repeated jailbreaks across the country was a plot by the Federal Government to perpetually keep its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of Department of States Services. The group alleged that the DSS always arranged a prisons break, each time a suspect...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the issue of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is premature. “Pardon is a function of conviction in the Nigerian context and as far as I know,...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has made a clarification that it is not against the call for restructuring in Nigeria. IPOB, however, said its major demand was for a referendum to decide whether “Biafra” would continue to be part of Nigeria or not....
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised an alarm over plans by terrorists to attack military bases in border towns across the country. The DSS also alert the Nigeria Customs Service to avert the pending attacks by the insurgents on Ogun border communities...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the condition the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is being subjected into at the detention facility of the Department of the State Services. Kanu’s counsel, Aloy Ejimakor and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had alleged in a statement on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the United Nations over what it describes as a vicious assault on Justice Mary Odili. SERAP specifically urged Mr. Diego García-Sayán, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, to “put pressure...
The Department of State Services (DSS), Kano State Command, has arrested three suspected members of a notorious syndicate that specialises in trailing people to banks to rob them after withdrawing money from the banks. The Director, DSS, in the State, Mr Alhassan Muhammad, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on...
There is tight security at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday morning, as the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is produced to face his trial. Recalled that on Oct. 21, reported heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the court premises...