Tag: Security Operatives
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How I made it to plenary despite security operatives’ siege – Saraki
…Explains why Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu could not make it to plenary The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, explained how he escaped alleged ploys by security operatives to stop him from presiding over plenary on Tuesday morning. Recall that Security agencies early Tuesday morning laid siege on the homes of Saraki and Deputy Senate…
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Security operatives invade Leader Newspaper over N100m debt
Security operatives on Thursday stormed the head office of Leadership Newspaper in Utako, Abuja on over an alleged N100 million debt owed to Senator Isa Mohammed from Niger State. It was gathered that the senator had filed a libel suit against the media outfit and the court ruled in his favor four years ago, ordering…
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Ex-VP, Sambo raises alarm, fears security agents may plant incriminating objects in his residence
Former vice-president Namadi Sambo has lamented that his house has been searched four times “in six months”. On Wednesday, heavily armed operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) raided his Kaduna residence and did not find anything incriminating. In a statement on Saturday, Umar Sani, media aide to Sambo said…
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Again, security operatives raid, seal private Nigerian TV, CoreTV
In what seems like an endless clampdown on media houses in the country, security operatives believed to be from the State Security Service, SSS on Friday again stormed the Abuja office of a private Nigerian satellite television, CoreTV carting away certain broadcasting equipment. According to a report by Premium Times, the operatives also shut down…