Tag: Department of State Services (DSS)
DSS summons Awujale nominees
The Awujale Kingmakers Council has directed nominees to report to the Department of State Services (DSS)'s office in Ijebu-Ode on…
EFCC rejects allegations of fund diversion by chairman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rejected claims in a Sahara Reporters story that the Department of State…
DSS arrests suspected arms maker linked to Plateau attacks
According to the service, Abubakar confessed to making and selling high-calibre weapons to criminal groups responsible for violent attacks in…
DSS did not prevent me from seeing Nnamdi Kanu – Agabi
Agabi, who is the lead counsel to detained IPOB leader, told Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in…
Three Lagos Assembly workers apologize for assaulting DSS operatives
The three Lagos Assembly staff assaulted the DSS officers during the recent leadership crisis that rocked the legislative house. They…
Breaking: Obasa apologizes for assault on security operatives at Lagos Assembly
Mudashiru Obasa, the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has issued an apology to the Department of…
DSS fumes over reports on invasion of Lagos Assembly, demands apology, retraction
In a letter to the two television stations, the legal department of DSS demanded apology and retraction of reports purporting…
‘You are using DSS to harass us’, SERAP tells Tinubu
“We are disappointed that your government has so far failed to respond to our recommendations calling on you to direct…
DSS storms rights group, SERAP’s office
Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have stormed the office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP…
DSS arrests, detains seven Polish nationals over hunger protest in Kano
Afunanya said seven persons were picked up from Kano because of where they were found during the protest and display…
APC chieftain asks DSS to reveal sponsors of planned protests
By Chioma Ugboma A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ayoola Lawal, has urged the Department of State…
Eid-el-Kabir: DSS urges Nigerians to be cautious, vigilant
The DSS also urged operators and patrons of malls, fun places, markets, parks and railway stations among others to be…
DSS issues strong warning to purveyors of inflammatory statements
The DSS said this in a statement by Peter Afunaya, its spokesperson on Thursday while reacting to what it described…
DSS reacts to shootings by its operatives, riot at Abuja market
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services, DSS, has said it is investigating a shooting incident involving its operatives…
Just IN: DSS arrests officials of emergency agency diverting, selling palliatives
The agency said it got cracking when it received reports from some State Governments relating to diversion or sale of…
Coup: Group to give evidence of alleged opposition’s sinister plan to DSS
However, Awa Bamiji said the body would not release the evidence until after the delivery of judgement by the Presidential…
Twitter, DSS slammed with N10bn suit
He sought an order of the court directing the defendants to, jointly and severally, pay to the claimant the sum…
Kanu: Court orders DSS to allow access to medical records
However, the judge directed that the independent medical examination of Kanu by his personal physicians should be supervised by the…
Again, court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s suit against DSS
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader…
DSS blows hot over plot to disrupt Bola Tinubu’s inauguration
The Service also asked the citizens, the media and Civil Society Organisations are advised to adhere strictly to security and…
Terror suspect blows self up, 5 arrested in DSS’ raid on Kano, Kaduna hideouts
DSS said the raid followed intelligence that high profile terrorist targets were regrouping in the North West to carry out…
May 29: DSS vows to ensure seamless transfer of power
DSS said it will will work with sister security agencies to resist 'certain persons' desperate to undermine the transition process…
Court refuses Tukur Mamu bail over alleged terrorism financing
“This application is consequently refused and is hereby struck out. This is the order of this court,” Justice Ekwo declared.
Kano: DSS intercepts 2 AK-47 rifles, arrest 2 suspects
The concealed guns were being taken by the arrested suspects for a planned attack in one of the Northern States,…
DSS busts notorious kidnappers, gunrunners
DSS said the suspects were arrested in joint operations with other security services in Kogi, Abuja, Adamawa and Plateau states.
Exposed! DSS raises alarm over plan to violently disrupt peace in Nigeria
The DSS, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Peter Afunanya, on Saturday, warned those desperate to cause a breakdown…
Kano: NNPP accuses DSS of executing hatchet job for APC
By Aminu Garko The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has accused the Director of Department of State Services, DSS, in…
Court declares Ebubeagu illegal, orders DSS to disarm operatives
Justice Fatun ordered the disbandment of Ebubeagu security initiative due to the human rights abuses, extortions, illegal arrests and use…
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Fani-Kayode still under investigation, interrogation continues – DSS
Fani-Kayode was invited by the DSS over a series of tweets he made on Saturday, alleging that some high-ranking military…
DSS smashes syndicates selling new naira notes, implicates bank officials
DSS' spokesman, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Monday said in the course of its operations, in some parts of…