•DSS operatives and incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has faulted claims attributed to the Department of State Services (DSS) in a report by a national newspaper (not The Frontier) which suggested that Kanu’s health concerns were exaggerated...
•Abubakar Malami The Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, interrogated a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over an attack on his convoy in Kebbi State. Malami, who was questioned by the secret operatives at Birnin Kebbi Command of the service, revealed that the interrogation was handl...
•Tinubu, Sowore and DSS The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has filed two fundamental rights actions at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Department for State Services (DSS), social media giants Meta (Facebook) and X Corp. According to a statement released by his legal ...
•Sowore and Tinubu The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count charge at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore. A Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Muhammed Abubakar, as well as other lawyers for the DSS, filed t...
•Mahmud Usman and Mahmud Al-Nigeri The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned two senior commanders of Ansaru, a proscribed terrorist organisation. The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a Abbas/Mukhtar, and his deputy, Mahmud Al-Nigeri, also called Malam Mamuda, reports Channels TV. The DSS filed a 32-count charge aga...
•DSS, Sowore and Tinubu The Department of State Service (DSS) has issued a one-week ultimatum to human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, demanding the retraction of what it described as a “false, malicious, and inciting” social media post about President Bola Tinubu. In a letter dated September 7, the service accused the human rights activist o...
•DSS and Omoyele Sowore The Department of State Services (DSS) has written X to suspend and deactivate the account belonging to controversial activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore. It accused him of spreading false information capable of inciting violence and threatening national security, reports The Nation. The DSS gave X Corp. 24 hours to ...
•DSS operatives The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja against nine suspects linked to the recent deadly attacks on Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, as well as in parts of Plateau State. The charge sheet stated that one Haruna Adamu, Muhammad Abdullahi of […]
•The suspects and the bombed church The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned a Federal High Court in Abuja against granting bail to the five men being prosecuted over their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack at St. Francs Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State in view of their alleged link with […]
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...

