Tag: DSS
How Security Operatives Foiled Jailbreak At Edo Custodial Centre – NCoS
April 16, 2021 Security operatives have thwarted an attempted jailbreak by inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ubiaja in Edo State. Aminu Suleman, who is the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Edo State Command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the incident occurred on Wednesday following ...President Buhari’s late driver not detained, tortured by DSS
April 8, 2021 The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that the late official driver to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Sa’idu Afaka, was not detained or tortured by the service before his death. According to a statement by Dr Peter Afunanya, DSS Public Relations Officer on Thursday in Abuja, the reports in some sections ...Governor Ortom confirms attack on his convoy in Benue by gunmen
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has confirmed attack on his convoy in the State, describing the gunmen as ‘herdsmen’, said about 15 of the attackers trailed him to the river bank where he was on foot. The incident happened on Saturday at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state. ...Kaduna Kidnap: 180 students rescued, 30 others yet to be accounted for – Govt
No fewer than 180 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been rescued. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. He said troops of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of today ...Vaccination of Nigerians to begin Friday, March 5 in 4 phases – NPHCDA
With the first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which is about four million doses, expected to arrive in Nigeria on Tuesday, vaccination of Nigerians would begin on Friday, March 5. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in ...Insecurity: I Don’t pay lip service, I don’t visit Abuja for solutions – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello says he handles insecurity in his state without necessarily seeking a solution by visiting the President in Abuja. The governor who made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily stressed that he doesn’t pay lip service. “The Nigeria Police that are in the ...#EndSARS aftermath: CBN misled the court into believing some grave offenses had been committed by promoters – Falana
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stay out of politics and stick to the business of banking. Falana’s call is coming in reaction to the unfreezing of bank accounts belonging to 20 #EndSARS promoters. Following the #EndSARS protest that rocked the nation in October ...Banditry: Over 100 kidnapped persons regain Freedom – Katsina Govt
No fewer than 104 people kidnapped by bandits in Katsina State have been rescued, the government said on Thursday. The state governor, Aminu Masari, explained that the government achieved this in collaboration with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Air Force, the Department of State Services ...Yuletide: Criminals planning to bomb selected public places in the country – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has uncovered a plot by some suspected criminals to bomb selected public places in the country during the yuletide period. In a statement issued on Tuesday by DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, the secret service called on Nigerians to be extra vigilant, adding that they should report strange movements and ...Students’ abduction: Security agents are working hard to ensure the students are rescued – Defence Minister assures
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Salihi-Magashi, has given an assurance that the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, will be rescued soon. Salihi-Magashi gave the assurance on Sunday in Katsina when he led a Federal Government delegation to Gov. Aminu Masari on a sympathy visit. He said that ...
