In a daring and surprise raid, tactical teams of the Department of State Services (DSS) with back up from the Nigerian military, have eliminated no fewer than 45 bandits around Kuchi town, Munya LGA, Niger State. The operation, which was carried out in a stealth manner, marks yet another victory in the sustained offensives against bandits in Niger State, particularly …

The Director-General (DG) of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, says the agency is investing in schools, places of worship, and sporting facilities across Nigeria as part of a strategy to counter terrorism and subversion through community engagement and social development. Speaking through a retired DSS director, Alhaji Ahmed Zalmar, during the inauguration of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu …

No fewer than 20 suspects are currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), in Abuja, for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test (CBT) examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), The Nation gathered yesterday. The suspects are part of a syndicate believed to have over 100 persons, who …

The Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, denied allegation that it kept the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in solitary confinement. Kanu, who is facing a seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge preferred against him by the Federal Government, has been in custody of the security agency since 2021. At the resumed hearing …

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it arrested the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in a hotel in Lagos after he secretly entered the country in 2015. The first prosecution witness in Kanu’s terrorism trial, whose identity was shielded for security reasons, testified behind a screen while being led in evidence by the prosecuting …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has warned against any official probe by security agencies into how suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was able to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in New York. In a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said any probe by security agencies could bring ‘needless embarrassment and undeserved ridicule’ to the country. …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it did not invade the Lagos House of Assembly on Monday. Earlier on Monday, there were reports of heavy security presence in and around the roads leading to the complex. But the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda later gained access to the chambers. The incident comes amid the leadership tussle rocking the …

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has restated her commitment to empowering women in the country, just as she noted President Bola Tinubu’s unwavering determination to ensuring their inclusion in leadership roles. During a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Directorate of State Security (DSS), led by the Deputy Director-General, Mrs. Afolashade Adekayaoja, at the State House Presidential Villa, …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has barred human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising or distributing the hard or soft copies of his controversial book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’. Justice Peter Kekemeke granted the order after listening to the ex-parte application filed by the claimant, the managing …

The 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, has regained freedom from the Department of State Services (DSS). Adebutu was allegedly invited and subsequently detained on Monday in respect of his alleged involvement in some security breaches at Iperu, Ikenne local government area of the state, during last Saturday’s local government election …