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    Politics Obanikoro's Wife Arrested by DSS - ThisDay

    Mrs. Moroofat Obanikoro, the wife of ex Defense Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro, was on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security, ThisDay reports. Reports say she was picked up at the Ikoyi residence of the ex minister after hours of ransacking the house without laying...
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    Metro DSS Operative Kills Female Traveller in Kaduna [THE CABLE]

    A woman was Wednesday afternoon killed at the Jere area of Kaduna State by an operative of the Department of State Services (‎DSS). The agent reportedly killed her in error, as the person he was targeting escaped. “The woman was not their target. The security men flagged down a vehicle, and...
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    Metro Court Orders DSS, Minister to Pay Saraki’s Aide N20m Over Illegal Detention

    The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Department of State Service, DSS and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, to pay the sum of N20 million as compensation to the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Youth Matters, Ikenga Ugochinyere, over what it called...
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    Metro Tompolo's Associate, Other Niger Delta Avengers Arrested By DSS

    The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has arrested some suspected Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militants. The DSS disclosed this in a statement released on Friday. According to the secret police, one Selky Torughedi, a suspected member of NDA and associate of Tompolo, was arrested for...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arm Deal: DSS Fails To Release Dasuki For Trial

    The Federal Government again failed on Tuesday to produce former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for trial on corruption charges brought against him by the government. Although the witnesses in the case were assembled by the...
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    Metro Cloning Of Ambode’s Phone: Man Allegedly Die Of Torture In DSS’ Custody [SaharaReporters]

    For ‘cloning’ Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s phone number, Damilare Eyitayo whose friend was arrested has allegedly died in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), Sahara Reporters gathered. His family is alleging foul play in his death, asking the DSS to explain how it...
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    Politics Court Awards N5m Fine Against DSS For Detaining Ekiti Lawmaker

    The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti Division, on Wednesday ruled against the arrest and detention of a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Afolabi Akanni, for 18 days by Department of State Services for undisclosed reasons and violation of the 1999 constitution. According to ThisDay...
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    Metro DSS Discovers 55 Shallow Graves in Abia Forest - Punch

    The Department of State Services has taken over Umuanyi Forest near Aba in Abia State, where it said unidentified 55 shallow graves have been discovered. Not less than 55 identified persons were said to have been allegedly buried in the graves by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra...
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    Metro IPOB Members Abducted And Killed 5 Fulani Herdsmen in Abia - DSS

    An investigation by agents of the Department of State Service (DSS) has uncovered that members affiliated with the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) abducted five Hausa-Fulani residents in Abia State. The announcement was issued by DSS official Tony Opuiyo from the headquarters in Abuja. Mr...
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    Metro Falana to DSS: Release Shiites' Leader, El-Zakzaky Within 24 Hours

    Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has petitioned the DSS demanding the unconditional release of the detained leader of the Shiites sect, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. In a letter to the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Falana demanded their release from...
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    Politics Rivers Rerun: APC Kicks As Security Operatives Release Wike's Aides

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has kicked against what it described as hurried release by security agencies, of aides of Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, who were arrested during the March 19 legislative rerun election in the state. Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Davies...
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    Politics President Buhari Should Place Fayose on Security Watch - APC

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state on Monday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to place Governor Ayodele Fayose under serious security watch due to his comments over the activities of the Department of State Services in Ekiti State. Ekiti-APC Publicity...
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    Politics Fayose Rewards Detained Lawmaker With A Car

    Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has rewarded a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni, who was detained for 18 days by the Department of State Services with a car gift. At a ceremony held at the Jibowu Hall of the governor’s office while hosting the 26-member...
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    Metro DSS Produces Ekiti Lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni Alive - See Photo

    The Ekiti state assembly lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni whom the state government claimed had died in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), has been produced to journalists by the service. Accoding to TheCable, he is alive, but weak, apparently from ill-health. Source: TheCable
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    Politics Ekiti Lawmaker Allegedly Dies In DSS Custody

    The Ekiti state Commissioner for Information, Youth Sports and Culture, Mr. Lanre Ogunsuyi, has said the state House of Assembly member, Honourable Afolabi Akanni, allegedly detained by the DSS has died in the secret police custody. The commissioner who made the announcement in a press...
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    Metro Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Fires Back, Drags FG to ECOWAS Court

    Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has filed an 800 million dollars suit against the Federal Government at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS court sitting in Abuja for violation of his fundamental human rights. Kanu who...
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    Metro Biafra: IPOB Reveals What FG Plans To Do To Nnamdi Kanu

    The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday alleged plots by the Federal Government to eliminate its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu through the Department of State Services, DSS. The group claimed that the plan would be perfected through a programmed motor accident on Kanu’s way to the...
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    Metro Biafra: DSS After My Life, Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Tells Court

    Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and director of Radio Biafra, on Monday told James Tsoho, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, that his life was under threat by the Department of State Services (DSS). Ejiofor narrated...
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    Metro Marilyn Ogar, Ex-DSS Spokesperson Sues FG Over Sack

    The former Spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS) Marilyn Ogar has sued the Federal Government before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over her termination from Office. Ogar and others were demoted and compulsorily retired by the FG. Ahmed Raji SAN who filed the...
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    Metro DSS Foils Plan to Steal N4.5bn from TSA

    The Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, nabbed Internet fraudsters, working in collaboration with an employee in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), to steal N4.5 billion realised from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). A statement issued in Abuja by the...
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