Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday arrested a suspected arms courier, at Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, intercepting a consignment of weapons believed to be destined for a bandit kingpin operating in Zamfara State. Security sources say the arrest of the courier known...
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a Two civil society groups on Friday used the Democracy Day celebration in Kaduna to commend the nation’s security agencies for their role in combating terrorism and safeguarding democracy. They urged citizens to unite against insecurity through vigilance and cooperation. The groups, Eagle Brain Human Rights Organization and Daruliman...
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Friday commended the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Police for their commitment to securing Nigeria and the Southeast geopolitical zone in particular. The Governor gave the commendation shortly after visiting the State’s DSS headquarters where he...
*Kidnap plot on another set of students foiled Notorious bandit kingpin, Ibrahim Bastuji and his fighters were on Wednesday ambushed by Nigerian security forces as they made to attack a school and residents of Iluke Bunu, Kabba Local Government Area of Kogi State. The bandits’ leader, Bastuji, was believed...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced each of the five persons arrested on May 31, 2026, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for being accomplices in the 21 November 2025 attack on St. Joseph Catholic Church school, Papiri, Niger...
Department of State Services (DSS), backed by troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, on Wednesday foiled plans by members of the outlawed Eastern Security Network (ESN) to attack several security checkpoints, kidnap women, students and children across the Southeast states. A security source disclosed that, acting...
Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted security agencies in Edo State to an alleged plot by suspected bandits to abduct schoolchildren in parts of the state. According to a classified memo dated June 5, 2026, intelligence reports indicated that the suspects were planning attacks on schools, especially in...
By LEMMY UGHEGBE, Ph.D. When Nigerians think about national security, they think about soldiers. They think about troops advancing through difficult terrain, fighter jets pounding enemy positions and dramatic gun battles. What they rarely think about is intelligence. Yet intelligence is where victory usually begins. Before the arrest comes...
Stakeholders from Mussa Ward in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State have appealed to the Federal Government, Borno State Government, security agencies and other relevant stakeholders to intensify efforts toward securing the safe and immediate release of 42 pupils and students abducted by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents. Speaking...
Security operatives in Borno State have arrested three suspected logistics suppliers linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), during a coordinated operation around Mainok village in Kaga Local Government Area. The suspects, identified as Fandi Adam Konto, Aji Bura Modu and Tijjain Abubakar Aisami, were reportedly intercepted...
Online publisher and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, on Friday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he has been deserted by his lawyers in the defamation charges brought against him by the Department of the State Service (DSS). He however blamed his...
Owo Church attack: Aiyedatiwa welcomes conviction of 4 terrorists, says justice has taken its course
Owo Church attack: Aiyedatiwa welcomes conviction of 4 terrorists, says justice has taken its course
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has applauded the conviction and death sentence handed down to four individuals found guilty of participating in the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, describing the judgment as a significant triumph for justice and the rule of law....
Federal High Court Abuja has sentenced four persons to death by hanging for their roles in the deadly attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, following their prosecution by the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Emeka Nwite said evidence presented by the prosecution and defence made it...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that one of its staff members with legitimate access to its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database is now at the centre of an investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of a voter record belonging to a candidate in a recent party primary in...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has broken its silence on the controversial stoppage of US-based Nigerian journalist, poet and author, Prof. Okey Ndibe, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, saying the incident was part of a routine security procedure rather than an arrest or detention. In a...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has strongly criticised the reported detention of renowned Nigerian novelist and author, Okey Ndibe, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) upon his arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. In a statement issued on Monday, the rights organisation...
Months after the abduction of students and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, a group of Christians in Northern Nigeria has welcomed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers by the Department of State Services (DSS), describing the operation as a significant step toward justice for...
*Recovers Large Arms Cache- 15AK Rifles, 1434 Live Ammunition The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five persons, including two Nigeriens, suspected to be arms couriers to gunmen who, on November 21, 2025, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri village, Niger State, abducting nearly 300 students and...
The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, on Tuesday, granted leave to four persons standing trial for their roles in the deadly Angwa Rukuba attacks, to each produce five defence witnesses. This came on a day the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja reserved judgment in the trial...
I want to clearly state that this is my personal experience and account. On the night of April 30th, after days of being blindfolded and held by some unidentified men who initially claimed to be from the DSS — but whom I later discovered were not DSS officials —...