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An FCT High Court in Abuja on Thursday awarded N100 million compensation against the Department of State Services(DSS) and three others for violating the fundamental rights of a man, Abdullahi Isiaka. Others are the DSS Director FCT…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on the media to use their various platforms to promote peace and guard against acts, capable of promoting division in the country. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter…

A lawyer, Festus Ogun, has alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested his client and blogger, Olamilekan Hammed aka Labash on the instigation of the Ogun State Government. The secret police had reportedly picked up…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has discovered plot to cause violence in parts of the country particularly in the North Central. Dr Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of the DSS, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in…

The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General, Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies to deployed officers to Ijesha land in Osun. This is to arrest unwanted…

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday complied with the advice of a Federal High Court, Abuja not to block the court premises and environs ahead of the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos Chapter, has condemned in its entirety the invasion of the association’s state secretariat by personnel of Directorate of State Security (DSS) on Friday. The association, in a…

The Department of State Services (DSS) and the police on Tuesday harassed and chased journalists away from the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, where the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu is billed to commence today. The Herald…

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Lead Counsel for Nnamdi Kanu says the detained Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is tortured mentally and psychologically on a daily basis in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). He said this…

The Department of State Services (DSS) says kidnappers and bandits terrorising Nigerians have crossed the line and will now be crushed. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, who spoke during a Tuesday news conference in Abuja, also warned…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested General Idris Dambazau (rtd), Kano State Chairman of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), over alleged economic sabotage. Dambazau is the immediate-past Kano State Commissioner for…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48 individuals for their alleged illegalities in the conducts of the Joint Universities Preliminary…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and handed over two suspected internet fraudsters to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Command. Spokesperson for the Commission, Mr Wilson…

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, filed a N2 billion suit against the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on Monday in Abuja. His counsel, Mr Femi Falana…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied the allegation that its operatives murdered Dr. Chike Akunyili and a security escort in Anambra on Sept. 28. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, made the…

The Kano Zone of ASUU is set to institute legal action against the Department of State Service (DSS) over an alleged assault of one of its members. Chairman of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) chapter of the union, Prof. Rabiu Nasiru,…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over plans by some subversive groups and individuals to undertake a negative media campaign against the Service. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, said…

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that it has appealed the bail granted four of the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. When the matter…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested one Nurudeen Sani, a notorious trans-border human trafficker with assistance from other security agencies. The information is in a statement…

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has restrained the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. The court also barred the respondents…

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it will investigate the alleged assault on Mr Oluwagbemiga Olamikan, a photojournalist with the Vanguard Newspapers by its personnel. Dr Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of DSS,…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five abductors of a six-year-old boy, Abdallah Abdulkadir Salisu, in Kano. An operative of the secret police that led the operation disclosed that the abduction of Salisu, of Gadon…

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday produced 12 aides of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho in court in obedience to a Federal High Court order issued on July 29. The detainees, who were guarded by a heavy security…

Detained Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, Friday sued the federal authorities over the July 1 raid of his Sooka, Ibadan residence by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS). Igboho filed a…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned Nigerians on the dangers of public display of affluence, saying it is a great security risk. Mr Paul Oduh, the Deputy Director, Security Enforcement of the secret police in Kwara Command,…