Department of State Services
In the early hours of today, Monday, on his way to attend a Trade Union Congress conference in the United Kingdom, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President Joe Ajearo was reported arrested by Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Ajearo was about to board his flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja […]
The National Coordinator of Youth Rights Campaign, Micheal Lenin, an organizer of the Abuja #EndbadGovernance protest, has just been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, at his home in Apo, Abuja. According to Damare Adenola, Director of the Take it Back Movement, the DSS stormed Lenin’s house around 2 […]
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). A reliable source told the Cable that Emefiele was taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) immediately after his release from DSS. The former CBN boss […]
Former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been released by the Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday after four months of being in the detention. Bawa was arrested and detained by the EFCC for undisclosed reasons shortly after he visited President Bola Tinubu, and was released on Wednesday night […]
After months of sitting on the petition case brought by aggrieved parties to Justice Haruna Tsammani-led panel at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, Nigerians await its final judgement today with anxiety and tension. The presidency had on Sunday, September 3 stated that President Bola Tinubu would travel to India for a G-20 Summit […]
It has been confirmed by the Department of State Services, DSS that the former governor of Zamfara State Abdulaziz Yari, who is now representing Zamfara West at the National Assembly was invited for questioning. The anti-graft agency through its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya did not disclose the reason for the invitation in a statement […]
The Department of State Services says the agency has confirmed a plot by some key players to stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as president and install an interim government. In a statement released by Peter Afunanya, the public relations officer of the secret service on Wednesday, it said: “The Department of State […]
Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers, […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers a 48-hour ultimatum to make Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol, available for Nigerians. This was disclosed on Thursday by Peter Afunanya, the Spokesman for DSS, while briefing journalists at its office in Abuja after […]
The Department of State Services has urged Nigerians to stay alert and assist security agencies with information on suspicious criminals in their neighbourhoods. This is coming after the United States of America Embassy in Nigeria issued an Advisory to its citizens on terrorists’ plan to carry out attacks in some parts of the […]