Tag Archives: State Security Service
January 30, 2011 by benim
SECTARIAN crisis in the northern part of the country, especially in Plateau and Bauchi States which has claimed hundreds of lives took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as the State Security Service and the police averted a bomb blast in a … read more »
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January 18, 2011 by benim
A United Nations panel of experts on sanctions on Iran on Tuesday probed an illegal shipment of weapons seized in Nigeria last October sent from an Iranian port, the Nigerian foreign minister said. The team was in Nigeria to “meet … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged arms shipment, Bandar Abbas, Containerization, Economy of Iran, Gaza Strip, geography, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Iran, Iran United States relations, Iranian, Lagos, Mahmoud Abbas, Manouchehr Mottaki, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, State Security Service, United Nations Security Council
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December 22, 2010 by benim
A lawyer acting for more than 60 militants arrested last month said on Wednesday the militant gang leader and two of his followers were removed from prison by the secret service last week. Nigeria’s armed forces on November 20 arrested … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, disasters-news, Environmental disasters, Gang, geography, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ken Atsuete, Lagos, Law Crime, militant, Militant tendency, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, News local news, Niger Delta, Niger River, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, obese, OPEC, Port Harcourt, State Security Service, War Conflict, World news
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November 26, 2010 by benim
An Iranian man has been charged with arms trafficking in a Nigerian court, in connection with a shipment of weapons intercepted last month. Azim Aghajani appeared in court in Abuja, but did not enter a plea. Court documents reportedly identified … read more »
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Tagged arms shipment, Bandar Abbas, Containerization, Gaza Strip, geography, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Iran, Iranian, Lagos, Mahmoud Abbas, Manouchehr Mottaki, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, State Security Service, United Nations Security Council
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November 25, 2010 by benim
The illegal arms shipment intercepted this week at Nigeria’s busiest port came from Belgium through Germany, a navy spokesman said Thursday. “I can confirm to you that the origin of the impounded consignment of arms, military equipment and vehicles is … read more »
Posted in News, West Africa
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Tagged arms shipment, Bandar Abbas, Containerization, Gaza Strip, geography, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Iran, Iranian, Lagos, Mahmoud Abbas, Manouchehr Mottaki, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, State Security Service, United Nations Security Council
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November 19, 2010 by benim
Officials of the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday displayed a car that they said Henry Okah, purchased and wired with a bomb for use in the twin bombings in Abuja on October 1st. Marilyn Ogar, a spokesperson for the agency, … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Business Finance, geography, Government of Nigeria, Henry Okah, Hospitality Recreation, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Law enforcement in Nigeria, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Ogar, Mazda 626, Nigeria, Political geography, Port Harcourt, South Africa, State Security Service, tragedy
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November 16, 2010 by benim
The story of the tension between Iran and Nigeria started on October 26, when Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) discovered 13 containers of illegal weapons at its Lagos seaport. The company which shipped the containers announced that it was a … read more »
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Tagged arms shipment, Bandar Abbas, Containerization, Gaza Strip, geography, International relations, Iran, Iranian, Lagos, Mahmoud Abbas, Manouchehr Mottaki, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, State Security Service, United Nations Security Council
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November 12, 2010 by benim
Raymond Dokpesi, the director general of Ibrahim Babangida’s presidential campaign organisation, maintained at a Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday that he had no connection with the Independence Day bomb blast which killed 19 people. The State Security Service (SSS) … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Ibrahim Babangida, IndepthAfrica, Islamabad High Court, Kanu Agabi, national security, Nigeria, Raymond Dokpesi, State Security Service
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November 11, 2010 by benim
Nigerian intelligence officials and diplomats have concluded that the Iranian government was behind a secret shipment of weapons discovered last month in shipping containers, according to internal documents seen Thursday by The Associated Press. Immediately after the arms seizure, Israeli … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, arm shipment, Bandar Abbas, CMA CGM, Economic Community of West African States, Gaza Strip, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Iran, Iran United States relations, Lagos, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, Politics of Iran, State Security Service
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November 3, 2010 by benim
A bomb scare kept Judges away from the courts in Jos; but things got even worse in Asaba, where an explosion in Government House blew off the roof of the Very Important Personalities (VIP) lodge and the adjacent private … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, APM Terminals, Asaba, bomb scare, bombGoodluck Jonathan, Delta Government House, Delta State, disasters-news, Emmanuel Uduaghan, explosion, geography, Hospitality Recreation, Indepth Africa, International relations, Jos, National Security Advisor (United States, Niger Delta, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, State Security Service, States of Nigeria
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October 28, 2010 by benim
An illegal shipment of rocket launchers and heavy mortars intercepted in Nigeria first arrived in the country in July on a ship which sailed from India, the Nigerian customs service said on Thursday. Nigeria’s secret service intercepted 13 containers in … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, CMA CGM, Economic Community of West African States, geography, Indepth Africa, India, International relations, Lagos, Military of Nigeria, Nhava Sheva, Nigeria, Nigerian, Political geography, political-news, Social Issues, State Security Service, West Africa
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October 26, 2010 by benim
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian security forces seized an illegal arms shipment Tuesday containing “grenades, explosives and mortars” at the nation’s largest shipping port, a secret police spokeswoman said. The seizure represents a troubling sign in Africa’s most populous nation after … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, arms shipment, Economic Community of West African States, geography, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, International relations, Lagos, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, South Africa, State Security Service, War Conflict
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October 25, 2010 by benim
THE State Security Service (SSS) has placed four people on the wanted list over the October 1 bomb blasts which rocked Abuja and led to the death of at least 14 people. Sources in Abuja told the Nigerian Tribune that … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Abuja bombing, disasters-news, Goodluck Jonathan, Government of Nigeria, Indepth Africa, International relations, Law enforcement in Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Television Authority, Political geography, Port Harcourt, State Security Service, War Conflict
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October 22, 2010 by benim
THE Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court, was on Thursday, told that Henry Okah allegedly instructed his co-conspirators to buy the two cars used in the Nigerian Independence Day bombings. [One of the Abuja bomb blast suspects, Mr Charles Tombrah Okah, in handcuffs, … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Chief magistrate, First Information Report, Henry Okah, In-depth Africa, Indepth Africa, Nigeria, SMS, South Africa, State Security Service
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October 22, 2010 by benim
ABUJA – Charles Okah, younger brother to the embattled ex-leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Henry Okah, his son, and five other accused persons were Wednesday, dragged before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Court clerk, Henry Okah, In-depth Africa, Indepth Africa, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Raymond Dokpesi, South Africa, State Security Service
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October 20, 2010 by benim
THE Department of the State Security Service (SSS) said in Abuja, on Tuesday, that it had unmasked the person who drove the cars in which the bombs that rocked Abuja, on October 1, were planted. Briefing journalists in Abuja on … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Anambra State, blast, bom, bomb, disasters-news, Federal Capital Territory, geography, Goodluck Jonathan, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa, International relations, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Political geography, sss, State Security Service, War Conflict
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