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‘DSS Cannot Arrest Me for Placing Bounty on Someone Who Insulted My Prophet,’ Islamic Cleric Insists Pastor Must Be beheaded For Committing Blasphemy Against Muhammad
A Northern Nigeria-based Islamic cleric who placed bounty on the head of an unnamed individual described as a Christian cleric has again dared the Department of State Services DSS, saying any potential arrest amounts to systemic disrespect toward Islam and the Prophet. In a viral video recorded in Hausa and widely circulated on social media,…
DSS, Police Play Deaf As Islamic Cleric Reaffirms N1Million Bounty On Pastor’s Head Over Alleged Blasphemy
Concerns have emerged over inaction by security agencies after an Islamic cleric reportedly reaffirmed a ₦1 million bounty placed on the head of a pastor accused of blasphemy. The concerns started the northern Islamic cleric insists he will not withdraw the offer under any circumstance. The cleric, in a viral video had called for the…
Court Postpones Sowore’s Trial For Allegedly Making False Claim Against Tinubu
A Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the planned arraignment of a politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, for making false claims against Bola Tinubu to October 27. Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and serial presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), was to be arraigned on Tuesday on a five-count charge…
BREAKING: ‘’Heavens Won’t Fall’’ Sowore Sues DSS, Meta, X
Human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has sued the State Security Service (SSS), aka Department of State Services (DSS), Meta (owners of Facebook), and X Corp. (formerly Twitter) at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging what he described as unconstitutional censorship of his social media accounts. In a suit filed on his…
DSS Gives Sowore One Week Ultimatum To Delete Post Against Tinubu
The Department of State Service, DSS, has given a one-week ultimatum to human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, to delete what it described as a ‘false, malicious, and inciting’ social media post about Bola Tinubu. The DSS, in a letter dated September 7, alleged that Sowore made criminal and derogatory remarks against Tinubu in a post…
Chaos, Pandemonium Ensue As Lagos Assembly Holds Plenary Amid Leadership Tussle
The leadership tussle in the Lagos State House of Assembly today took a new dimension with heavy security presence at the premises during a plenary session. Security vans and personnel were spotted in and outside the premises of the Lagos Assembly complex in the Alausa Area of the commercial city. Ahead of the plenary, security…