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    Business Forex Crisis: DSS Storms BDC Shops, Forces Dollar Sales At Lower Rate

    The Department of State Services (DSS) have raided two major Bureau de Change markets in Lagos and Abuja in a fresh attempt to end speculation in the foreign exchange transaction at the parallel market, Daily Trust gathered. Market sources said that the DSS have earlier directed the officials...
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    Politics EFCC Summons 8 SANs For Alleged Bribery

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is extending the war against corruption in the judicial arm to the bar. It has invited eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) for interrogation over alleged payments into judges’ accounts. This is coming three weeks after the Department...
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    Politics Senate Invites Judges Raided By DSS

    The Senate has decided to probe the raid on the houses of some judges and their arrests by the Department of State Services. The Senate, which had earlier condemned the action, on Wednesday decided to invite the affected judges for further investigation into the matter. The judges are...
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    Politics ‎Adeniyi Ademola, Judge Arrested By DSS, Withdraws From Dasuki’s Trial

    Adeniyi Ademola, justice of the federal high court, whom the Department of State Services (DSS) accused of corruption, has withdrawn from the trial of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA). Ademola announced his decision to withdraw from the trial before the court on Tuesday...
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    Politics How We Planned The Release of the 21 Chibok Girls - FG

    The Federal Government said, it has, since President Muhammadu Buhari's administration took office, been working on the safe release of the girls and following all the leads available. The Presidency said while it answering Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the release of the 21 Chibok Girls...
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    Metro DSS: We're Waiting for NJC to Suspend Arrested Judges Before we Arraign Them

    A source in the DSS, according to The Nation, has stated that the agency is waiting on the National Judicial Council, NJC, to suspend the judges who are currently being investigated for corruption before they are arraigned. “We are waiting for the action of the NJC. We expect the NJC to...
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    Metro 2 Kaduna High Court Judges Arrested by DSS

    Two more senior Nigerian judges were yesterday arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), The Nation reports. Justices Bashir Sukola and Ladan Manir of the Kaduna State High Court, were reportedly taken to the DSS Headquarters in Abuja at about 8.30pm where they were...
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    Politics Nigeria: The Frosty Reason AGF Malami is Probing Judges Through DSS and Not EFCC

    It has emerged that the Office of the Attorney General of The Federation is prosecuting corrupt Nigerian judges with the DSS and not the EFCC because the later failed to investigate petitions submitted to it earlier. Reports said some human rights groups forwarded petitions to the Federal...
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    Politics Nigerian Senate Kicks Against DSS Crackdown on Judges

    The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday kicked against the raid and arrests of judges by the Department of State Service on allegations of corruption and bribery. The Senate condemned the act and manner of the raid by the SSS and mandated the Committee on Judiciary, human rights and legal matters to...
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    Politics 6 Supreme Court Judges Not Mentioned In The Alleged Corruption Arrest

    The country’s foremost intelligence agency, the Department of State Security (DSS), raided residents of some Supreme Court judges over the weekend in a way to sweep corruption scandal in the Nigeria's judicial system. The approach, which is currently a topic of discussion has generated much...
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    Metro DSS: We Invaded Judges Homes Because NJC Refused to Cooperate

    It seems there's more than meets the eye concerning the nationwide infamous crackdown on several Nigerian judges. A source in the DSS, according to a Premium Times report, has stated part of the reason why its operatives conducted a nationwide sting operation which saw several High Court judges...
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    Metro DSS Releases All Arrested Judges

    The Department of State Security,DSS, has released all the judges it arrested days ago, Leadership reports. According to sources in the agency, all seven judges were released on self-recognition on Sunday. “They reported this morning (Monday) and they have all gone back home. They will be...
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    Politics Sylvester Ngwuta: 7 Things You Should Know About One of The Judges Arrested By DSS

    Justice Sylvester Ngwuta was among the seven judges arrested in different states across the country between Friday night and Saturday morning over alleged corrupt practices. The seven senior judges arrested were still in custody and would be arraigned in court any moment, A DSS official told...
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    Metro DSS To Arrest 8 More Senior Judges

    Eight more senior judges are under investigation and will soon be arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) as part of its latest attempt to cleanse the judiciary of corruption, Daily Trust gathered yesterday. Seven judges were earlier arrested in different states across the country...
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    Politics [VIDEO] How Security Agents Threatened to Shoot Me - Governor Wike

    Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday accused the federal government of plotting to impose a state of emergency in Rivers State. Governor Wike who spent less than 10 minutes with Buhari during the meeting in Abuja on Friday, also raised an alarm that security agents threatened to shoot him as he...
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    Metro El-Zakzaky To Remain In DSS Custody as Court Turns Down Request To Release Him

    A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by the Department of State Services, DSS. El-Zakzaky is the leader of Shi`a Movement in Nigeria. Abang said that Zakzaky ought to have obtained the leave of...
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    Metro DSS Arrest Boko Haram Spiritual Leader

    The spiritual leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, some other members and other criminals have been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Nigeria. The arrests were part of successes recorded in the ongoing tactical and counter-terrorism operations to degrade the...
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    Metro Tension as DSS Arrests Niger Delta Traditional Ruler

    Tension is mounting and trouble is near over the arrest of His Royal Highness, King Walter Agri, the traditional ruler of Agrissaba in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, by operatives of the Department of State Security on August 7. According to Punch, the monarch was arrested over...
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    Metro 70 DSS Officials Resign, Not Happy With Buhari's Govt [Vanguard]

    Massive resignation in the Department of State Services, DSS has forced the management of the service to temporarily place a moratorium on further voluntary resignation from personnel of the service, Vanguard gathered. According to Vanguard reports, since the take over of the present Director...
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    Metro How DSS Operatives Arrested Obanikoro’s Wife

    Operatives of the Department of State Service DSS, yesterday, arrested the wife of the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, over ongoing investigations into how her husband and two sons collected and laundered over N4.7 billion from the national treasury in 2014...
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