Christian youths vow to mobilise, appear with Kukah before DSS

Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria Youth Wing (YOWICAN), said on Sunday that, for his continued romance with bandits, the Department of State Services (DSS) should invite popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, for questioning. YOWICAN was reacting to the reported invitation of the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Fr. Matthew Hassan […]

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Reno Omokri blames Igbos for actor Chiwetalu Agu’s travails with the army and DSS

Reno Omokri has blamed Igbos for the treatment men of the Nigerian Army meted out on veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu. Agu was arrested on Thursday, October 7 in Anambra state for wearing an outfit with a Biafran flag on it. In a post shared on his Instagram page, Reno compared the treatment meted on repentant […]

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Court awards N20bn damages against DSS for raiding Igboho’s house, declares the raid as illegal

Oyo State High Court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola has declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on the residence of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan as illegal. The court also ordered the DSS which is also called SSS, to pay N20 billion […]

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What does the DSS really really do?, By Abimbola Adelakun

Last Thursday, the Department of State Services issued a press statement to deny they dispersed doctors attending a recruitment for Nigerian doctors intending to migrate to Saudi Arabia. The denial was typical of the inelegant press releases the DSS churns out -a rambling word salad, full of feigned indignation, and signifying the characteristic ruse of […]

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Igboho’s followers protest in Ibadan over DSS invasion and killing (Photos)

Followers of the Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest last Thursday’s midnight invasion by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the residence of the Yoruba nation activist. Placard-carrying protesters gathered in front of Igboho’s […]

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Kano singer detained for blasphemy, released by the DSS

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has released an Islamic singer, Ahmad Abdul, taking into custody after releasing a blasphemous song. According to DailyTrust, Abdul was picked by the security agents for releasing the uncensored song titled ‘Barhama Gwaska’, perceived as blasphemous and capable of creating chaos in the state. The DSS had said it […]

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I was not with the DSS, someone else ordered me into isolation ―Mbaka

Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, said the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese Most Rev Callistus Onaga was responsible for his “unexplained disappearance” and not the Department of State Services. Mbaka was declared missing on Wednesday after he was not seen at the adoration ground without prior notice or explanation. However, he […]

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President Buhari’s pressumed attacker at Argungu not killed –DSS

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed reports that the presidential detail killed the intruder that tried to break the security cordon to attack President Muhammadu Buhari at Argungu, Kebbi State on 12th March 2020. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, said the suspect, one Mohammed Jammil […]

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Man sues Buhari’s daughter, MTN, DSS for illegal detention over SIM card

A trader, Anthony Okolie, who was arrested by the Department of State Services and detained for 10 weeks, has sued the DSS for N500m. Okolie, in a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, also demanded N500m from Hanan Buhari, the daughter of the President, Major […]

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EFCC, ICPC, DSS, others, restrained from investigating Saraki

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other agencies involved in the probe of  Senate President Bukola Saraki over corruption allegations. Saraki on Friday filed two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits before the court to challenge the decision of the EFCC to seize his houses. Ruling […]

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Threat of arrest: Fani-Kayode, Odumakin drag EFCC, DSS, Police to Court

Ex-Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, and the spokesman of Pan-Yoruba group Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin have jointly dragged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPS) to a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in pursuit of the enforcement of their fundamental […]

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DSS rescues female U.S. citizen from purported lover in Lagos

An American citizen, Ms Tawanda Lynn Jackson, has been rescued in Lagos by the Department of State Services (DSS). Tawanda was reportedly held hostage in Lagos by one Mathew Adedoyin, her acquaintance whom she met on the social media. The suspect was paraded along with his purported accomplice on Monday by the Director of DSS, […]

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IGP submits report of probe of DSS siege of NASS to Osinbajo (See Interim Report)

  Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has submitted his report about the Tuesday’s DSS siege at the National Assembly to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Daily Post reports that it obtained a copy of it on Thursday night. The report stated the obvious about the sacked Director General of the Department of […]

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