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The House of Representatives has summoned heads of four government agencies to appear before it, Igbere TV reports. The agencies include the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC), Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Customs. The decision...

Omoyele Sowore, a Nigerian activist and publisher who was arrested on Saturday, has spoken from detention. Mr Sowore maintained a spirit of defiance when associates visited him in the custody of the State Security Service on Monday evening, two days after … Read more via Naijaloaded |...

Nigerian rapper, Falz has weighed in on the arrest of human right activist, Omoyele Sowore who was picked up by DSS two days ago for his role in planning the #RevolutionNow protest. Falz in his reaction said, ‘what we are facing is a build up of the several years of … via Linda Ikeji’s Blog...

Omoyele Sowore, chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC and convener of "Take it Back Movement; was on hunger strike for more than 48 hours, since his arrest by the operatives of the Department of State Services in Lagos on Saturday..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2GOb4ws...

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it arrested Omoyele Sowore, ex-presidential candidate, because he threatened the public peace and safety with his planned protest. In the middle of the night Saturday, agents of the service invaded Sowore’s residence and took him into custody. Before...

The head of legal team of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Tope Akinyode says operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) has denied him access to Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, August 3, 2019. The publisher of the … Read more via Pulse...

Organisers of the #RevolutionNow protest set to be staged on Monday August 5th, have said that the programme will hold as planned despite the arrest and detention of its leader, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was arrested by the Department of State services at about 1:25 am on Saturday. … Read...

Nigerians are calling for the release of human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, following his arrest by operatives of the Department of State Services. Using #Freesowore hashtag on Twitter, many Nigerians slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for trying to use the DSS...

Sowore was said to have posted a distress tweet at exactly 1:25 am to announce his arrest. The publisher of the news website, SaharaReporters and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 presidential election has been arrested by security agents believed to …...

A Nigerian fake doctor identified as Ibrahim Mustapha has been alleged to have performed over 500 surgeries and caused about 46 deaths before his arrest. The fake doctor who was arrested by the DSS Director in Cottage Hospital, Fufore in Adamawa State has confessed forging MBBS credentials he...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested yet to be identified social media users who who posted “inciting materials and misleading statements”. Peter Afunanya, DSS public relations officer, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Afunanya accused the individuals of instilling fear...

The Department of State Security Services (DSS) at the weekend reportedly took into custody the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, over alleged plot to attack a former Chief … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

The Department of State Services, DSS, Friday, condemned the alleged call for revolution in the country. It also accused the organisation it called the Nigeria Continuity and Progress (NCP) of being responsible for the alleged revolutionary call. DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya disclosed this in...

The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested 59 girls, including teenagers suspected to be commercial sex workers in Calabar. The girls were arrested in the wee hours of yesterday, after a secret monitoring on the brothel. Cross River State Director … Read more via The Guardian...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it arrested and detained seven members of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A social media report had alleged that the DSS arrested some ICT staff of INEC for disclosing the commission’s server identity number...

Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones Abiri, to an disclosed location. Abiri, the publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, who was incarcerated for two years on charges of terrorism in the past, was …...

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, stated that it has partnered with the country’s anti-corruption agencies and the Department of State Security Services, DSS, to recover assets worth over N771 million from some fraudulent oil marketers..... Read more via Vanguard...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed of one of its staff, Jaja Otelemaba, for taking bribe from motorists while on election duty in Ekiti. Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of the Service, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the officer was seen on … Read more...

The Kaduna state Command of the Department of state services, DSS, has explained that it arrested the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party campaign, Ben Bako, because of inciting statement, saying if left unchecked, was capable of leading to a “complete breakdown of law and order in...

The Department of State Services, DSS has said it is committed to the provision of adequate security throughout the period of the electoral process. A statement from DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, on Monday, enjoined all stakeholders including; politicians, citizens, voters, observers...