•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new Director-General of the NIA. Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS, reports Vanguard. Ambassador Mohammed ...
•Protesters wave Russian flag Poland has denied that its nationals who were arrested by security operatives in Kano, Nigeria, waved the Russian flag. The detained Poles were arrested on August 6 in Kano for allegedly displaying Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest held by some Nigerians against economic hardship in the country, r...
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it was not involved in the raid of the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) located in the Central Business District area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was earlier reported that masked security operatives suspected to be from the DSS last night stormed and raided […]
The Department of State Services is investigating the alleged involvement of seven Polish nationals in the nationwide protests against hunger and hardship in Kano State. The detainees, who were arrested yesterday in Kano, are being investigated, reports The PUNCH. The nationwide protest, which commenced on Thursday, August 1, was in response t...
•Micheal Lenin Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin. Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am today at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT, reports The PUNCH. Speaking with our correspondent, […]
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has dismissed an appeal filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) against a judgment in favour of Richard Abbey, a pipeline surveillance contractor with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Bonny local government area of the state. In a unanimous decision, the court presided ov...
The Department of State Services (DSS) is asking persons and groups yet to identify themselves in the public as leaders of the plot to stage a nationwide protest to shelve their plans and eschew any form of proposed rage, anarchy, and spoliation. In a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, […]
Security chiefs from the Directorate of State Services (DSS) have convened in Kano State to address the escalating security challenges facing the North West region and Nigeria as a whole. Alhassan Muhammad, the DSS director in Kano, highlighted that the 14th Quarterly Conference of State Directors of Security in the North West Geopolitical Zon...
•Nnamdi Kanu in court Embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says there is a conspiracy for him to die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Kanu made this known before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, after he was denied bail […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned Nigerians against crowded gatherings to avoid potential threats. In an advisory issued today, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, urged Nigerians to be vigilant against public dangers, especially Improvised Explosive Devices. Felicitating the Muslim faithful on the commencement of Ramadan and the Ch...

