Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has approached the Federal High Court seeking to quash criminal charges filed against him by the Department of State Services (DSS), describing the case as an abuse of court process. According to a statement issued by his media adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye, El-Rufai filed an application challenging the competence and…
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja following an invitation for questioning over alleged corruption and abuse of office during his tenure from 2015 to 2023. Sources within the anti-graft agency say he “has a lot to answer for,” with the possibility of…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, alongside his son, Abdulaziz Abubakar Malami, on a five-count charge bordering on terrorism financing and illegal possession of firearms. The charges were filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the DSS accused…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, shortly after his release from Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. Sources indicate that the arrest relates to fresh allegations of terrorism financing. Malami is currently standing trial at the Federal High Court for…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday re-arrested a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in Abuja. Malami was reportedly picked up in front of the Kuje Correctional Centre shortly after visiting the facility. A video circulating on social media shows the former AGF walking toward…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has apprehended the suspected killers of Professor Ekanem Philip Ephraim, a Professor of Neurology, nearly two years after her tragic murder. A credible source confirmed the suspects as 24-year-old gang leader Patrick Essien Etim and his 40-year-old accomplice Bassey Antiha Asuquo. They were arrested on December 27 at a…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly arrested a medical doctor accused of transporting medical supplies from Sokoto State to kidnappers operating in parts of Kwara State. According to a statement issued by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, the doctor was intercepted in the Jebba area after intelligence linked him to…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed 115 personnel as part of its ongoing internal reforms aimed at strengthening professionalism and accountability within the agency. In a notice published on Tuesday, the secret police cautioned members of the public against conducting any official business with the dismissed officers, warning that they no longer represent…
Human rights activist and #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, was re-arrested by the Nigeria Police Force shortly after his appearance at the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday. Sowore, along with Prince Emmanuel Kanu—brother to detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu—and several others, had earlier been granted bail of ₦500,000 each, with conditions including two sureties residing in…
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, has filed two fundamental rights lawsuits at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Department of State Services (DSS), Meta (Facebook), and X Corp (formerly Twitter). In a statement released Tuesday and signed by his lawyer, Tope Temokun, Sowore…
