The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, on Saturday, said the service will soon commence the production of Unmanned Area Vehicles, AK-47s, and other weapons that would be used by the service. Bichi said this is to reduce the heavy reliance on foreign countries for weapons and the huge resources for the procurement of such weapons. …

The Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Department of State Services (DSS), Peter Afunanya, has denied the allegation that the Director General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, looted a subsidy grant meant for the employees of the agency. Afunanya, who noted that no such grant had been allocated to the agency, promised that it would be disbursed to the …

The military high command on Friday said troops in collaboration with the operatives of the Department of State Services arrested the leader of Islamic State for West African Province terrorist group in North Central and North West zones. Although the military did not identify the terrorist leader, it said he was in custody. A statement on Friday, the Director of …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), on Monday, warned the Department of State Services (DSS) to be careful with the handling of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IPoB said the DSS’s decision to deny its leader access to visitors was suspicious. It said the secret police’s claim of denying Kanu access to visitors due to last Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election …

The Department of State Service (DSS), yesterday, invited the Chairman of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mr Afolabi Odulate, and two others for questioning over the recent bloody cult clashes in the Sagamu area of the state, where 20 persons were killed. Other persons invited for interrogation by the secret Police, according to a reliable source, included the …

Students under the aegis of a civil rights movement, Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, have insisted that Nigerian students have constitutional rights to protest while alleging plans by the Department of State Services (DSS) to turn its protests planned against the fee hike by schools slated for Wednesday, 6 September, into an arena of violence, and a theatre of …

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has uncovered plans by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests in order to “discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters”. In raising the alarm through a statement on Monday, the agency’s spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya said the DSS has identified the ring leaders …

Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Obiora has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). According to a report, his arrest followed allegations of financial mismanagement under suspended CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele Obiora is the Deputy Governor of the apex bank in charge of economic policy. His arrest comes on the heels …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the court, seeking …

The Federal Government has approved the deployment of an Air Force jet to assist the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in beefing up security along the Abuja-Kaduna rail line. This followed an alert by the Department of State Service (DSS) of a possible attack by terrorists. Sources said yesterday that the jet deployment was one of the pre-emptive measures taken by …