•The suspects The Department of State Services (DSS), today in Imo State, arraigned three persons accused of the Independence day kidnapping of 20 prospective Youth Corps members in the state. Also arraigned were two other persons accused of kidnapping four persons in the state, four days after the Independence Day abduction, reports Daily Tru...
•Embattled former Governor El-Rufai and ICPC operative Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed a ₦120 million fundamental rights suit instituted by a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and three others. In a judgment, Justice Oriji dismissed ...
The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services (DSS), INTERPOL, the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies over what it described as an alleged escalation of political violence in the state. The officials of the party, in an open petition dated ...
The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has convicted and sentenced nine out of 19 persons arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for crude oil theft in Akwa Ibom State. Delivering judgment yesterday, the presiding Judge, Justice Joy Ikpeme found the convicts guilty on two count-charge of conspiracy and tampering with oil pipeline, [...
•DSS boss Oluwatosin Ajayi and operatives The Director-General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, has directed operatives of the agency not to arrest anyone over civil matters. Ajayi said the directive was part of reforms introduced since he assumed office to strengthen adherence to the rule of law and improve the DSS’s hum...
•Omoyele Sowore The method adopted by the Department of State Services (DSS) in making public the suspension of the cyberbullying charges against the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was faulted yesterday. Mr Olumide Fusika, SAN, the lead counsel to Sowore, knocked the procedure while addressing a press con...
•Sowore, DSS operatives and Tinubu The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to apologise and withdraw the alleged cybercrime case against him. Sowore spoke on Channels TV, today accusing the DSS of wrongful trial. “We were already in court, and when we wer...
•Omoyele Sowore and DSS operatives The Department of State Services (DSS) has directed its counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to suspend the cybercrime case instituted against human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the 2027 presidential election. The development fo...
•Atiku, Tinubu, Obi and Kwankwaso The Department of State Services (DSS) is beefing up security for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and 16 other presidential candidates as they prepare to move to the field for campaign ahead of the January 2027 election. A similar security measure has been extended to all presidential running ...
•Mustapha Marwana The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of a carpenter, Mustapha Marwana, who was cleared of allegations linking him to terrorist activities. According to a security source, the release followed a thorough investigation of his case by a DSS inv...

