*Arrested in tactical uniform, with fake pistol, allegedly extorting motorists The Department of State Services (DSS), late on Wednesday in Abuja arrested a man identified as Moferewa Maiye, discovered to be impersonating a personnel of the Service. Maiye, who claimed to hail from Agbajojun Village, Mopamuro Local Government Area...
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At least 24 bandits were killed on Tuesday after soldiers of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Katsina Community Watch Corps foiled an attempt to mass-kidnap persons in Gidan Bawa village, Kandarawa Ward, Bakori Local Government Area of the state. According to a security...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has alleged that there are plans by “unscrupulous persons” to withdraw security personnel from polling units and collation centres across the state, warning that such a move could jeopardise the integrity of the ongoing governorship election. Adeleke made the allegation in a post on...
A Jos-based legal firm, Wholesome Attorneys, has petitioned the Bauchi State Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), urging the agency to enforce a Federal High Court judgment ordering the release of a 17-year-old Christian girl, Faith Barnabas, to her mother. The petition, filed on behalf of Mrs....
Human rights activist and 2027 presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, describing it as an alleged case of political vendetta rather than justice. Sowore, in a post on X on Wednesday, said El-Rufai’s prolonged...
Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, has commended the leadership of the Department of State Services (DSS) for the arrest and prosecution of terrorists and bandits across the country. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, Osifo said the arrests and prosecutions were sending the right signal...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has commended intelligence and security agencies in the state for nabbing three members of a notorious kidnap gang responsible for the August 2, 2026 attack on St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Inoyi-Affa, in Udi LGA of the state. A joint operation by the Department of...
Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of a carpenter, Mustapha Marwana, who was cleared of allegations linking him to terrorist activities. According to a security source, the release followed a thorough investigation of his case by a DSS investigation...
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has expressed profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and security agencies for the successful release of victims abducted from communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State and Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State....
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday night arrested three more persons suspected to be members of the kidnapping ring that abducted the dean of agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor. The university don was rescued by DSS operatives two days after some gunmen...
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police, as well as Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for rescuing five kidnapped students of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, in Remo North Local Government Area of the state. The students, who were...
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the remand in Kuje Correctional Centre of a retired officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam. The retired officer was arraigned for, among other things, supporting a proscribed terrorist organization, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). He was...
A joint security team comprising the Nigerian military, the Department of State Services (DSS) and operatives of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), on Wednesday, rescued 308 kidnapped victims across Kwara, and Niger States. A security source disclosed that the operation, one of the largest and most successful, also included...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has directed Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts across Nigeria to dismiss any student found culpable, after due investigation, of involvement in kidnapping or other related crimes. He also ordered the heads of tertiary institutions to strengthen internal intelligence systems and deepen collaboration...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to foreclose the defence in the ongoing trial of online publisher and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, for allegedly frustrating his trial.The DSS is prosecuting Sowore for alleged criminal...
As a legal practitioner, human rights activist, and advocate for the rule of law, I have closely observed the recent actions of the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, in compensating innocent Nigerians who were wrongly arrested, unlawfully detained, or otherwise affected during security...
A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza D. Dantani, Esq., has called on security agencies across the country to emulate the Department of State Services (DSS) by compensating innocent Nigerians who are wrongly arrested, unlawfully detained or harmed during security operations. Dantani made the call while commending the...
An intelligence-led operation by the Department of State Services (DSS), has resulted in the death of over 60 suspected bandits in Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Security sources disclosed that one notorious bandit kingpin, Idi Abasu Aiki, believed to be responsible for several cases of attacks...
Federal government, on Wednesday, arraigned two commanders of the Ansaru terrorist organization captured by the Department of State Services (DSS), and their three foot soldiers, for terrorism, kidnapping and murder of two teachers of schools in Orire LGA of Oyo State. The five suspects were arraigned before Justice Salim...
Online publisher and presidential candidate of the African Alliance Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has jettisoned his plan to invite the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, as his witness in his ongoing trial for alleged criminal defamation of President Bola Tinubu on social...