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Sowore: Senate begins probe of alleged court invasion

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2019 0

The Senate has began the probe of the action of Department of State Services, DSS  operatives following the rearrest of #revolutionnow protest convener, Omoyele Sowore, at the premises of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and

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Reps to probe alleged DSS’ invasion of court

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2019 0

Abuja – The House of Representatives has directed the relevant house committees to investigate the event surrounding the rearrest of the founder of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore in the Federal High Court. The motion was moved by Minority Leader, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) under Matters of Urgent Public Importance at the plenary presided over by […]

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DSS reacts to alleged abduction of Sowore in Court

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2019 0

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that a video in circulation of an attempt to rearrest Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the RevolutionNow protest in a courtroom was a mischief. The Public Relations’ Officer (PRO) of the agency Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said the video was meant […]

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Invasion of court by DSS confirms Nigeria, under sliding into dictatorship – PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2019 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the furious invasion of the sanctity of the Federal High Court by the Department of State Services (DSS) further confirms that Nigeria, under the Buhari Presidency, is finally sliding into a frightening dictatorship. The party alerted that the invasion of the court is a vindication of its […]

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Nobody in Nigeria should be afraid, it is our country – Sowore

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2019 0

#RevolutionNow convener Omoyele Sowore who was rearrested by the Department of State Service has advised Nigerians not be afraid. Sowore speaking to channels tv said: ‘Nobody in Nigeria should be afraid, it is our country and some people have to make the sacrifice for this country to be a country of rule, law and of […]

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How DSS operatives re-arrested Sowore, Bakare

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2019 0

Abuja – Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), on Friday, re-arrested Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Sowore and Bakare had resisted being rearrested by the officers of the security outfit shortly after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned the day’s proceeding till Feb. 11, Feb. 12 and Feb. 13, 2020

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Breaking: DSS tries to rearrest Omoyele Sowore

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2019 0

The Department of State services (DSS) has tried to rearrest Rights Activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore at the federal high court in Abuja. He regained freedom yesterday after more than three months that he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) Reports have it that the DSS officers stormed […]

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DSS uncovers plot to distabilise Nigeria through protest

Ihesiulo Grace 3 December 2019 0

Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has uncovered plots by some groups to cause a breakdown of law and order in various parts of the country through violent protests. Dr Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of DSS disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the plot […]

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Stop using DSS’ disjointed, illogical statements, HURIWA tells media

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2019 0

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has asked media houses to stop using the disjointed and illogical statements emanating from Department of State Services, DSS. HURIWA reacting to the DSS refusal to release ‘Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the planned RevolutionNow protest said ‘the varying weird explanations of these violations of the

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Stop blackmailing DSS, Army, group warns Falana, others

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2019 0

Concerned citizens under the aegis of Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) has expressed dismay over the recent demonstration at the headquarters of Department of State Services (DSS) following the continued detention of the convener #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. The group also lamented the “media harassment” of the DSS by renowned lawyer Femi Falana and other civil […]

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Kano “Chip whip”: FRSC, DSS burst fake number plates producers

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) has track down the producers of fake number plates in the country. The Corps Public Education Officer, (CPEO) Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. READ ALSO: Bayelsa decides 2019: it is not too late to chart […]

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Sowore’s bail conditions left DSS floundering, says Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2019 0

Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, has said that meeting of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore’s bail conditions left Department of State Services, DSS floundering . Soyinka made this known in a statement on Tuesday reacting the DSS’ Tuesday intimidation of protesters who gathered around the service headquarters to demand for the release of Sowore. Soyinka

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DSS arrests UDUTH staff, 4 others over alleged child trafficking in Kebbi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2019 0

Birnin Kebbi – Five suspects including a staff of Usmanu Danfodio UniversitybTeaching Hospital Sokoto (UDUTH) have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) over alleged sale of three children abducted from Zuru in Kebbi. Gov. Atiku Bagudu, who handed over the three children to their parents on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, named the […]

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No person has turned up to take delivery of Sowore – DSS

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2019 0

Pro-democracy activist, convener of the Revolution Now movement, the African Action Congress’ (AAC) Presidential candidate in the 2019 election Omoyele Sowore, has been reportedly protesting, his continued detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) following a court order for his immediate release. This came as the DSS said that it has gotten the court […]

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Sowore vs DSS application to take witnesses in camera failed

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

There was a mild drama at Court 7, Federal High Court, Abuja, as application by the Department of State Services (DSS) counsel, Hassan Liman, to take witnesses in the ongoing trial of Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, in camera failed. Sowore, alongside Olawale Bakare, is charged by the DSS with treasonable felony, money laundering, among […]

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Sowore vs DSS: Security beefed up at Federal High Court Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2019 0

Abuja – Security in and around the Federal High Court, Abuja, was, on Wednesday, beefed up by officers of the Nigerian Police Force as Omoyele Sowore, Convener,#RevolutionNow Protest, appeared for commencement of trial. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had, on Oct. 21, varied the bail conditions granted Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ojukwu granted the

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Sowore: NBA accuses DSS notorious display, disdain

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2019 0

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services (DSS). The NBA in a statement by Kunle Edun, its National Publicity Secretary accused DSS of displaying the notorious image of an agency that enjoys treating judicial process with disdain, particularly as it pertains to […]

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Absence of DSS boss stalls bailiff’s attempts to release Sowore

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2019 0

The Department of State Service (DSS) on Friday refused a bailiff of the Federal High Court in Abuja from servicing a new court order for the release of Mr. Omoye Sowore. The bailiff who was at the DSS headquarters in Abuja at about 9.30 a.m. today was refused entry into the DSS the headquarters because […]

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Two INEC staff, others arraign for selling PVCs

Ihesiulo Grace 8 February 2019 0

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday arraigned two Staff of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Monday Ifiesimama and Beesor Sorle before a Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt for alleged electoral offences. Reports have it that Darlington Ogolo, was also arraigned alongside the INEC officials. Ifiesimama and Sorle were accused of attempting

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DSS arrests fake ‘Aisha Buhari’ for swindling N150m from man over FG property

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2018 0

…Says I’m not alone but part of syndicate including Aisha’s sister, ex-SGF, directors In what can be referred to as anti-climax, a drama ensued at the Headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday when the agency paraded a middle-aged woman it accused of impersonating the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari […]