Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday told Doris Okuwobi, a judge of a Lagos state high court, that he had never been investigated by the Department of State Services (DSS). Magu said this while giving evidence in a N100m suit he filed against the publisher of The […]
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Valentine Ashi, a judge of the federal capital territory high court, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to arrest Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources,within 72 hours. According to Tony Orilade, the order was made following an ex parte motion made before […]
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Speaking during an interactive section in Lagos on Saturday, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, said he was not arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). Oshiomhole was reacting to a report that said the APC chairman was detained by the security agency earlier this week. He said […]
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Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, says he is not behind the interrogation of Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), by the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that Oshiomhole was detained and quizzed by the DSS after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during the party’s primary elections. […]
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Some elders under the aegis of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of dividing Nigeria more than any other leader in the nation’s history. In a statement Thursday, the forum condemned Buhari’s removal of Matthew Seiyefa, acting director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS). The leaders alleged that the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Yusuf Bichi as the new director-general of the Department of State Service (DSS). Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. The statement described Bichi as a “core secret service operative”. “The new DSS boss comes to the job with skills in intelligence gathering, research analysis, conflict […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has explained why it complied with the directive to reverse postings of some officials transferred out of the headquarters of the service in Abuja. There were reports that the presidency mounted pressure on Mathew Seiyefa, acting director-general of the DSS, to recall the redeployed officers. In a statement on […]
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A second republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, says some of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kinsmen want him to reinstate Lawal Daura, former director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), who was sacked following the DSS blockade at the national assembly. In an interview with PUNCH, Mohammed said: “There is an ethnic attempt by those who are related to […]
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The Department of State Services on Monday described as untrue the allegation that a huge sum of money and weapons were found in the house of its sacked Director General, Lawal Daura. Tony Opuiyo, the agency’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, said there was no iota of truth in the allegation that N21bn and […]
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The Acting President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo has appointed Mr Matthew Seiyefa as the Acting Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), following the sack of the former Director-General Lawal Daura on Tuesday. Seiyefa, who hails from Bayelsa State, was before his new appointment the most senior director in the DSS. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special […]
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