Officials of the Department of the State Security Service, DSS, have reportedly prevented officials of the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. According to multiple reports the DSS officials blocked the whole building and placed an armoured tank at the front of the building. Both agencies according to reports …

The Department of State Services, DSS have reportedly vindicated a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode over an alarm he raised about a plot by some opposition parties to establish Interim National Government in Nigeria. The former aviation minister disclosed in a tweet while reacting to a security alert by the secret police of plots by some …

The Department of State Services (DSS) have responded to an alert by the United States of America embassy of a planned terror attack in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. This reaction comes after the United State Embassy yesterday alerted its nationals of a possible terror attack in Abuja. The DSS has however, called for calm as it works with …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay one million Naira to human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore over his illegal arrest and detention. The High Court in Abuja gave the order saying the DSS unlawfully arrested and detained Sowore in 2019. Recall that the activist had challenged his unlawful abduction at a …

Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty to a terrorism and amended seven-count charge filed against him by the Department of State Services (DSS). During his anticipated court appearance in Abuja on Thursday, October 21, 2021, Nnamdi pleaded not guilty after charges were read to him at a Federal High Court in …

The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, arraigned a teenage girl before the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, for sharing the nude video of a retired Bayelsa permanent Secretary on social media. In the one-count charge, prosecuting counsel, Mr Victor Uchendu, said that the accused engaged in cyber-stalking by circulating the retiree’s nude picture on a WhatsApp group. He disclosed …

Justice Ladiran Akintola, the judge of an Oyo state high court has directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N20 billion to Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho for unlawfully invading his Ibadan residence on July 1st. According to reports, the Judge awarded the sum as exemplary and aggravated damages against the secret service in the fundamental …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has filed a 50 million naira lawsuit against the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) for violating his fundamental rights to dignity. According to reports, Mr Maxwell Opara, one of the lawyers defending Nnamdi Kanu in the suit titled FHC/ABJ/CS/1018/2021, stated that he was on August 30, …

On Monday, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria SON, donated 843 seized mobile phones to the Kaduna State command of the Department of State Security Services, DSS. The Standard Organisation of Nigeria coordinator in the state, Mr Qasseem Yahaya revealed that the mobile devices were withheld from importers who violated import regulations. “The donation is meant to enhance productivity by security …

The Department of State Security Service has arrested the coordinator of the #EndSARS movement in Osun state, Emmanuel Adebisi. On Monday, November 7, Adebisi led a group of protesters to Osun State House of Assembly and demanded the disbandment of the panel probing police brutality in the state, saying no member of the #EndSARS movement was accommodated in the panel. …