The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday released three persons detained on suspicion of belonging to the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN), accused of involvement in the killing of seven Fulani herdsmen. The Service also said it is reviewing more than 20 cases of persons...
A cold war is brewing between the Anambra Police Command and the Department of Security Service (DSS) over the alleged killing of a Police Inspector. The incident happened in Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area along Owerri/ Onitsha expressway near the Danaks filling station during a ‘stop and search’ exercise by the police, reports The Nation. ...
The Osun State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, has reported the state chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Sunday Bisi, and three others to the State Police Command and the Department of State Security Services for allegedly recruiting armed thugs to attack political functionaries in Local Government Council...
•Embattled IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Department of State Services told the Federal High Court in Abuja today that the broadcasts by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, directly contributed to economic paralysis in the South-East region. The fourth prosecution witness, a DSS operative codenamed Mr DDD for s...
•Prof Pat Utomi and DSS operatives The lead counsel to the Department of State Service (DSS), Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), has said that the agency is not interested in arresting anyone over the shadow government being proposed by a group led by the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Prof. Patrick Okedinachi Utomi...
Twenty suspects have been arrested for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The suspects were nabbed by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force, in Abuja, reports Channels TV. The suspects are part of a syndicate believed t...
•DSS operatives and Prof. Pat Utomi The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed June 25 for the hearing of a suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) against Prof. Pat Utomi over his alleged plan to establish what he called, “a shadow government” in the country. Justice James Omotosho fixed the […]
•DSS operatives and IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Department of State Services (DSS) has distanced itself from the controversial arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Kenya, insisting its operations are limited strictly to Nigeria’s territorial borders. This emerged during cross-examination of a prosecu...
•Laolu Akande A former presidential spokesperson and political analyst, Mr. Laolu Akande, has dismissed fears surrounding Professor Pat Utomi’s proposed shadow government, describing it as a harmless expression of political thought rather than a threat to national security. Akande made the remarks today during an interview on Channels Televisi...
•Prof Pat Utomi A professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, today said he is receiving support from some Nigerians who are planning to mobilise 500 lawyers to defend him against the Department of State Services. Utomi disclosed this in a post on X. “It’s energising (that) some want to put together 500 lawyers to defend […]
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