DSS/EFCC Archives - Page 4 of 6

Mar

18

2023

EFCC busts Canadian VISA fraudster in Abuja

Business, Lifestyle, Metro, PoliticsAbuja, Crime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday arrested a suspected visa fraudster, Enock Ogungbamigbe. City Round gathered that the suspect specialized in defrauding Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada either to work or continue their education through fake visas and job offers. The 32-year-old, who owns a garden in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, was picked up at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, by operatives of the anti-graft agency when he responded to an appointment to procure a visa for an applicant intending to migrate to Canada. Unknown to him, that it was bait. The EFCC’s Director of Media and…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fake DSS officer remanded for defrauding prophet, others

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria, Security

An Ondo Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 46-year-old man, Ebenezer Adefehinti, for allegedly defrauding three people under the pretext of securing jobs for their children. The defendant was said to have claimed to be an official of the Department of State Services. He was arrested in June 2022 at Ayegun Oka Akoko in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state. He was arraigned on five counts. Èdè Wa Ni: Ẹ Pàdé Àròjinlẹ̀ Tó Ń Dá Àwọn Ènìyàn Lẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Nípa Ẹranko Lédè Yoruba The police prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Omhenemhen, told the court that Adefehinti, with the intent to defraud members of…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Alleged terrorism: DSS can’t arrest Emefiele, court rules

Economy, News, PoliticsCBN, DSS/EFCC, Emefiele, Nigeria, Politics

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, has rejected the suit filed by the Department of State Services to arrest the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele over terrorism charges. The Chief judge described the suit as an illegal operation and plot to deceive the court into granting a frivolous order to help them arrest and deprive an innocent man of his personal liberty. Delivering his ruling on suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/2255/2022 between State Security Service (applicant) and Godwin Emefiele (respondent), Justice Tsoho said the entire affidavit depositions, especially as per paragraph 4…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Timi Frank tells DSS to stop illegal plot to arrest Emefiele

Economy, Opinion, Politics2023, CBN, DSS/EFCC, Emefiele, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Timi Frank

Press Release - 20/12/22 Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday, urged the Department of State Services (DSS), to urgently halt their alleged grand plot to harass, humiliate, arrest and illegally force the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, out of office. Frank who was reacting to allegations to that effect made by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) in Abuja on Monday, also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the DSS and other conniving officials to order in a bid not to intensify the…

Dec

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

DSS gives dealers 48 hours to stop Fuel scarcity or face FG’s wrath

Business, Economy, Metro, News, OpinionBusiness, DSS/EFCC, Economy, Fuel Scarcity, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion

Angered by the lingering petrol scarcity in the country, the Department of State Services (DSS) has ordered all the entities in Nigeria involved in the distribution process to make petrol available to Nigerians at the official rate or face the wrath of the government. This was the decision arrived at between the security agency and all the stakeholders in the petrol supply chain at the end of a strategic meeting at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. The Spokesman for the DSS, Dr.Peter Afunanya, told journalists at the end of the meeting that the agency would take steps to…