Tag: DSS

Legal Showdown: Sowore Files Counter-Suit Against DSS Over Social Media Ban

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On Tuesday, the Federal Government, acting at the Department of State Services’ request, filed criminal charges against an activist and former African Action Congress presidential candidate for calling President Bola Tinubu a “criminal” in a social media post. In response, Sowore, who mocked the accusations, filed a lawsuit against the DSS in the Federal High Court in Abuja, arguing that the restriction of his social media accounts was unlawful. By using his verified X account, @YeleSowore, Sowore wrote: “This criminal @officialABAT actually went to Brazil to state that there is…

DSS Takes Legal Action Against Sowore, X, and Meta Over Online Post

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M.B. Abubakar, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, and four other DSS counsel, M.E. Ernest, U.B. Bulla, Dr. C.S. Eze, and E.G. Orubor, filed a five-count charge against former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore and social media platforms X  and Meta, over posts critical of President Bola Tinubu. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on September 16, 2025, on behalf of the DSS and the Federal Government. Sowore confirmed the development in a Facebook post on Tuesday, writing, “It’s hard to believe…

Chief Judge to Reassign Nnamdi Kanu’s Case After Motion is Transferred

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On Monday, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), filed an application for reassignment, which Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja returned to the chief justice (CJ). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Kanu is requesting in the application ex-parte that the court order his transportation to Abuja National Hospital for immediate medical care. In a brief ruling, Justice Liman granted Kanu’s attorney, Uchenna Njoku, SAN, an order to return the case file to the CJ. This decision…

Tinubu Approves Appointment Of Deputy DG For DSS

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has designated Mrs Folashade Arinola Adekaiyaoja as the Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). This appointment, as per presidential approval, aims to enhance the morale of the agency’s operatives in addressing various security challenges. It has been reported that this approval seeks to amend the service’s organizational structure to improve efficiency, aligning it with the original framework of the secret police. According to Daily Trust, the DSS is designed to include three Deputy Directors-General within its hierarchy. Adekaiyaoja, an intelligence officer from Kogi…