LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services, on Thursday, paraded 12 of Sunday Igboho’s followers, saying one other was being profiled. The DSS said a joint team of security operatives had raided Igboho’s residence early on Thursday based on an intelligence report. Parading the suspects at the national headquarters of the secret police, its…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Security, DSS, has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, for questioning over remarks he made in a TV interview that allegedly portrayed the Nigerian military in a bad light. A report by the Voice of America, VOA, Hausa Service monitored on Friday, said Gumi was invited…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services have summoned controversial priest, Ejike Mbaka, to Abuja for questioning. SaharaReporters gathered that the operatives visited the church to drop the letter of invitation. However, they didn’t meet the cleric at the church premises. Details of why the intelligence unit summoned the priest were not…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Its been noted that the leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) are currently with officials of Department of State Service. (DSS). Its was noted that the general Secretary of the AUFCDN, Ahmed Alaramma, who disclosed this at a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos based human rights lawyer and one man protester, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirobo has been arrested for embarking on a one-man protest and demanding to see President, Muhhamadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. While attempting to progress into the villa, Omirobo was approached by CSP Isah Hadejia who tried…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia has approached a High Court of Justice in Plateau State for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to personal liberty and fair hearing. This is coming after the police, again, sent him an invitation which may not be unconnected…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra in Emene, Enugu State on Sunday. In a late-night statement made available to Vanguard by its Spokesman Dr. Peter Afunanya, the DSS said the attack on its personnel was…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has described as “a publicity stunt”, the widely-circulated reports alleging that former Speaker Umar Ghali Na’abba has been invited by the Department of State Service (DSS) over his alleged comments on President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who stated…