A Federal Capital Territory court will, today, hear the bogus lawsuit brought by the Department of State Services, DSS, against Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP. Two senior lawyers, Tayo Oyetibo, SAN and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN will represent SERAP in court before Justice Yusuf Halilu, Court 13, reports Vanguard. SERAP ...
In an unprecedented move, the Department of State Services, DSS, has written one August #Endbadgovernance protester, Khalid Aminu, demanding a retraction of his recent claim that he was brutalised, while in the custody of the security agency. Aminu, an engineer by profession, was among several persons arrested in Kano and other parts of the No...
•Kennedy Tabukoi Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday in Abuja arrested one Kennedy Tabukoi. Tabukoi was arrested for allegedly leading an unregistered Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), and blackmailing certain high profile officials of government, reports Daily Independent...
•Adebutu The Ogun State Police Command has invited Ladi Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2023 elections, to its headquarters in Abeokuta. This invitation is unconnected with the alleged disturbances during the local government elections held on November 16, 2024, in which the All Progressives Congress won a...
•Ladi Adebutu The detained former governorship candidate of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ladi Adebutu regained his freedom early this morning after being invited and quizzed by the Department of State Services. His release was confirmed by his media aide, Afolabi Orekoya during a phone conversation with our correspon...
•Ladi Adebutu The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), his party has disclosed. The PDP Publicity Secretary in Ogun State, Kayode Adebayo, confirmed the arrest and detention of Adebutu in a statement he release...
Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a suspected vote-buyer in the Ondo governorship election going on today. The suspect was captured with two bags of money which are suspected to be for the inducement of voters in the election. He was arrested at Ward 4, Polling Unit 007 outside St. Stephen’s […]
•Khalid Aminu One of the participants of the August #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests has offered a harrowing narration of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested him in Kano, detained and tortured him for over 60 days. Khalid Aminu, an engineer by profession, said he was picked up alongside other young demonstrat...
•Yahaya Idris The Department of State Services, DSS has been urged to release Yahaya Idris it allegedly detained since January, 2024 without prosecution. In a statement signed by Yahaya Otaru on behalf of the family and made available to journalists today in Lokoja, Otaru noted that the disappearance of Yahaya Idris since January 18, 2024 [&he...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has slammed a N5.5 billion defamation suit against a group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for allegedly making false claims that officials of the agency invaded the Abuja office of the group. In the suit, filed in the names of two of its officials – Sarah John […]

