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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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with Lawal Daura, Director-General of the Department for State Services (DSS), Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), Babagan Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), were also part of the meeting, […]
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The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, on Saturday said he met with James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, for “a short debriefing session and to also welcome him back to his fatherland”. “He met me for a short debriefing session and way forward; also, to welcome him back to […]
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