•Malami The Department of State Services (DSS) today arraigned the immediate Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz, for terrorism financing, aiding and abetting terrorism, as well as for the illegal possession of firearms. Malami and his son were arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federa...
•Alleged terrorism negotiator, Tukur Mamu An investigator with the Department of State Services (DSS) has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that complaints made by victims against alleged terrorism negotiator, Tukur Mamu, corroborated the findings by the agency. The sixth prosecution witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of Mamu said sever...
•DSS operatives The Awujale Kingmakers Council has announced the cancellation of a planned meet-and-greet earlier scheduled to be held at the Aafin Awujale, directing instead that Awujale nominees report to the Department of State Services office in Ijebu-Ode today by 11 am. This was contained in a formal communication dated January 20, 2026, ...
•Malami and DSS operatives The Department of State Security, DSS, has rearrested Nigeria’s former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, after he was released on bail from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja yesterday. A security source confirmed Malami’s arrest, saying, “Yes, it is true that DSS o...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued two pastors and a church member abducted by suspected bandits in Kaduna State, and arrested three suspects linked to the crime in Niger State. The victims Rev. Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob and Suleiman Adamu were kidnapped on January 9, 2026, at Gwagwada in Chikun Local […]
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the suspected killers of a Professor of Neurology, Ekanem Philip Ephraim, nearly two years after the murder. A credible source confirmed this to our correspondent today, identifying the gang leader as a 24-year-old Patrick Essien Etim and his accomplice, Bassey Antiha Asuquo, 4...
Following the recent arraignment by the Department of State Security (DSS) of Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, the suspected mastermind of the 2012 gun attack on a Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, near Okene, in Kogi State, which killed over 19 worshippers, families of victims and survivors have thanked the secret police for re-arresting and spe...
•Adelabu and Ayodele … Minister offered to give anything to become Oyo governor – Prophet The Minister of Power in Tinubu’s cabinet, Bayo Adelabu, has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS), accusing Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Lagos, of attempting to blackmail and ...
•Tukur Mamu An operative of the Department of State Services yesterday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, bought cars and sponsored foreign trips for himself and family members after allegedly helping bandits to negotiate ransoms and got a share. Testifying behind a screen, the sixth prosecution...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reacted to a post on Facebook which claimed that the Service has arrested one Evangelist Ukpo Daniel for raising a false alarm in a video claiming that Fulani herdsmen attacked a crusade in Agboda Village, Nasarawa State. The DSS described the post as “false and misleading”, adding that […]

