Tag: DSS
Chaos as Police, DSS stop Tambuwal from entering premises
There is chaos at the National Assembly after policemen and Department of State Security operatives stopped the speaker of the…
2015: Why Soyinka Shouldn’t Run
By Nduka Uzuakpundu The recently concluded National Conference was, indubitably, a well-thought-out political initiative by, President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan. It…
Man, 34, to spend 34 months in jail for written threat
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba An Asaba High Court has sentenced a 34 year-old Agbor-based carpenter, Monday Ogbuenyi, to 34 months behind…
DSS to appeal judgement on El-Rufai
Nigeria secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) said on Tuesday that it would appeal the judgment of the…
DSS arrests NTA reporter over N50M bribe demand
The Niger State command of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded Sampson Oghenedoro, a 28-year old staff…
DSS, Marilyn Ogar, Boko Haram and National Security
Following the exposure of former Borno state governor, Ali Modu Sheriff and former Chief of Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika as sponsors…
DSS investigates alleged Boko Haram sponsor
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it is investigating former governor of Borno, Modu Sheriff, over allegation that he…
Why Maigari was arrested by DSS – Sports Ministry
National Sports Commission, NSC, says it wishes to put the record straight on the reason for the arrest of former…
Maigari released by DSS after arrest
The head of Nigeria’s embattled football association was released from custody on Wednesday after being arrested before a general assembly…
Osun Poll: Detainees Sue DSS, Army, Police; Demand N1.5bn
Jamiu Yisa Fifteen persons who were allegedly arrested, detained and harassed during the 9 August governorship election in Osun state,…
Suicide Bombing: DSS says 13 Catholic Sisters’ regalia stolen
The Department of State of State Service (DSS) has warned that terrorists may be planning to attack in a different…
APC warns DSS against arrest of its Borno Chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned against the plan by the DSS, acting at the behest of some…
APC lambasts DSS, Ogar for linking party with Boko Haram
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the thinly-veiled attempt by the Department of State Security (DSS) to link the…
Osun Election: We’re attacked because we rejected N14mn bribe – DSS
The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Tuesday that an unnamed political party offered its men N14 million which…
Don’t use security agencies to settle scores, FG tells politicians
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja cautioned politicians in the country against involving security personnel in settling their personal…
DSS nabs 4 over kidnap, muder of school proprietress
The FCT Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested four suspected kidnappers over the alleged kidnap and…
Ezekwesili seeking unnecessary importance – DSS
Marilyn Ogar, spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS), has denied a report that Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, a coordinator…
Kidnappers got N10m to release two girls – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS), said ten persons who kidnapped two sisters in Abuja on 8 June, received N10…
Abuja bombing: DSS claims malls were warned
The spokesperson of Nigeria’s Department of State Security, Marilyn Ogar said the agency warned shopping complexes in Abuja for two…
Gov Oshiomhole Orders Demolition Of Kidnappers’ Den
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, has ordered the demolition of a block of four flats…
5 Suspects arrested over Abuja bombings
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The State Security Service (SSS) also known as Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded five suspects…
DSS arraigns kidnappers of Archbishop Kattey
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three men suspected to be the kidnappers of Bishop Ignatius Cosby Ogborun Kattey, the Anglican ArchBishop of…
NHRC’s Verdict On Extra-Judicial Killing
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, hit the bull’s eye when it declared Monday that eight squatters killed in Abuja…
DSS accuses septuagenarian of being weapons supplier to robbers
Nigeria’s Department of Security Service (DSS) in the eastern Nigerian city of Enugu has brought a 73- year-old farmer, Anthony…
SSS foils jailbreak attempt by Boko Haram detainees
An attempt by detained members of Nigeria’s terrorist group, the Boko Haram was foiled today at the headquarters of Nigeria’s…
7 arrested over murder of muslim cleric
Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the death of a Muslim cleric who had criticised the banned Nigerian…
3 kidnapped Indians rescued in Nigeria
Nigeria’s State Security Services, SSS said on Friday that it has rescued three Indian hostages kidnapped in Rivers State recently.…
El-Rufai reports at DSS headquarters
Mallam Nasir el Rufai, former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT on Monday morning reported at the Abuja headquarters of…
Lecturer, 4 other suspects paraded as Boko Haram members
Nigeria’s Department of State Services said it uncovered a Boko Haram cell in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and…
Ozekhome’s kidnapper arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Security Service, DSS, Edo state Command, Wednesday said they have arrested kidnap…