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$300m: DSS arrests, detains deputy CBN Governor Aishah Ahmad
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday arrested and detained Mrs Aishah Ahmad, a deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ahmad, the CBN’s deputy governor in charge of Financial System Stability, is being questioned for Titan Trust Bank’s (TTB) acquisition of Union Bank. Aishah Ahmad is…
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DSS alleges plans to disrupt Tinubu, Governors’ inauguration
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) on Thursday said it has uncovered plans by subversive elements to disrupt the swearing in of Bola Tinubu as president and the inauguration of newly elected governors in parts of the country. The DSS said the aim is to undermine security agencies’ efforts…
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Interim govt plot allegation ploy to arrest opposition –Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Department of State Services (DSS) to disclose the identities of those planning to install an interim government. On Wednesday, the secret police, in a statement by its spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunaya, said it had confirmed a plot by…
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DSS ALERTS OF PLANNED VIOLENT ACTION; WARNS AGAINST DESPERATION TO IGNITE VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY
The Department of State Service (DSS), again, alerts the public of plans to violently disrupt peace in the country. The Service hereby warns those desperate to cause a breakdown of law and order to desist from that. It would be recalled that the Service had earlier advised political players to…
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Business
CBN: DSS to quiz bank CEOs over FX allocations since 2017
The Department of State Services (DSS) has opened wide-ranging investigations into foreign exchange received and their subsequent allocation to customers by each deposit money bank in the country and the involvement of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The investigation comes at a time of increasing searchlight on the governor of…
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SSS withdraws personnel from Governor Adeleke
The State Security Service (SSS) has reportedly withdrawn its personnel attached to Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke. It was gathered that the security agency withdrew the personnel on Thursday following a disagreement between the personnel and police officers in the governor’s convoy. The SSS headquarters said it will not return…
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Featured
Police parade ex-DSS officer over bullion van robbery
The Abia State Police Command, on Monday, paraded a dismissed officer of the Department of State Services, Prosper Israel, along with his younger brother and eight others for robbing a billion van.
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Metro
Criminals planning to bomb Nigeria as they did under Jonathan, DSS cries out
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm that some criminal elements are planning to bomb critical government infrastructure, markets, religious and relaxation centres among others.
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DSS ‘detains’ veteran journalist, Lanre Arogundade, at Lagos airport
The IPC director said he had gone to Banjul, The Gambia capital, to train journalists on conflict-sensitive reporting.
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DSS summons residents for telling farm-vandalising herdsmen to leave their community — report
For four years, residents of the estate had been enduring the destruction of their farms by herders, sometimes leading to clashes between residents and herders.