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...
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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...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48 individuals for their alleged illegalities in the conducts of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). According to a statement by ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, the joint operation tagged...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for the prosecution of those responsible for the unlawful invasion of the Abuja residence of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu, made the call...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to probe the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili. Security agents had on Friday raided the home of the Supreme Court, but Wike asked the current administration to bring to book those behind...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN says he is not in any way connected with the invasion of the residence of a Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili. Dr Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to Malami, disclosed this in...
Troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn have raided some identified camps of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) in Ebonyi State. PRNigeria gathered that the IPOB/ESN camps, located at Ochokwu Village in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were raided by military troops during a clearance operation. “During...