Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Federal Capital Territory chapter, has called on security agencies to intensify efforts toward securing the freedom of Dr. Chinonye Nwachukwu, a young medical doctor who was kidnapped over two weeks ago. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday, NMA-FCT Chairman, Dr. Emeka Ayogu, pleaded for urgent...
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Directors of the Department of State Services (DSS) from the North-West states have converged on Kaduna to review prevailing security challenges and develop new strategies to enhance intelligence coordination and joint operations against banditry, terrorism, and other threats in the region. The zonal security conference, which also drew participants...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Department of State Services (DSS) has provided an update on the ongoing prosecution of several high-profile terrorism suspects across the country, reaffirming its commitment to ensuring accountability for those responsible for terror-related crimes. The DSS in a statement issued by its Deputy Director, Public Relations...
Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed a total of 115 personnel as part of its ongoing internal reforms aimed at strengthening discipline and professionalism within the agency. In a statement issued today, the DSS said the dismissals were carried out over a period of time and followed internal...
By JACOB EDI While scouring the streets of Facebook days ago, I stumbled on a post by Hon Ifunanya Nwanegwo, who happens to be the Chairman, Mbaitoli LGA, Imo state. In the post, she was appreciating the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) , Mr Oluwatosin...
In most democratic states, there is always the tendency for citizens to assume, though erroneously, that the exercise of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution is absolute and without limit. Buoyed by such reasoning, some citizens are often tempted to make demands, ranging from the unusual to the absurd,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Department of State Services (DSS) has trailed to Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and arrested one Innocent Chukwuma who used his social media handle to rally the military to overthrow President Bola Tinubu led government. Posting on his “X” handle “@TheAgroman,” Chukwuma stated that a...
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, shifted the arraignment of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters to Nov. 5. The matter, which was fixed for Sowore and his co-defendants to take their plea, could not proceed due to the absence of Justice Mohammed Umar in court. Justice...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged to strengthen intelligence sharing and collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to address rising security challenges, violent extremism, and inter-communal conflicts across the country. The commitment was contained in a communiqué issued...
Kogi State Government has called for calm following reports of a possible terrorist plot targeting areas within the state and neighbouring Ondo. In a statement issued Wednesday in Lokoja, Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, assured citizens that there is no need to panic, stressing that security agencies are already...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Department of State Services (DSS) for their coordinated covert operations that led to the dismantling of a gunrunning syndicate and recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition in the state. The governor described the...
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has again refused to grant bail to Tukur Mohammed Mamu, the controversial negotiator accused of aiding terrorists linked to the 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Delivering the ruling on Wednesday, Justice Mohammed Umar dismissed Mamu’s third attempt to secure bail, this time on medical...
The People’s Republic of China has commended the Nigerian government for the rescue of four of its citizens kidnapped in Kwara State. The rescue operation was conducted jointly by Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the Department of State Services (DSS), and the military. The commendation was conveyed...
In a swift legal move, the Federal High Court in Abuja has barred Omoyele Sowore — publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate — along with several organisations and unnamed individuals, from staging protests in key areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), including the vicinity of Aso...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered one Sunday Dominic to pay the Department of State Services (DSS) Five Million Nairaas punitive cost for instituting a “frivolous” suit against the secret police. Dominic had in a suit marked FCT/HC/CV/3984/2024, claimed that the secret police invited...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja has shifted hearing in a N5.5 billion defamation suit instituted against the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) by two aggrieved operatives of the Department of the State Service DSS to November 12. Justice Halilu Yusuf on Thursday, shifted...
Team of medical experts set up by a Federal High Court to ascertain the health status of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has submitted its report. The team, led by President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) told the court that Kanu’s illness wasn’t...
The recent actions of the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) Nigeria, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, in compensating individuals wrongfully arrested and detained by the agency, serve as a powerful reminder of the importance of attitude in leadership. This gesture not only showcases the DG’s commitment to upholding...
No fewer than 10 victims kidnapped in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been rescued by police operatives, following a coordinated operation with support from the military and the Department of State Services (DSS). This was confirmed in a statement released Friday by the spokesperson of the...
The Department of State Services (DSS), has a dismissed staff of the agency, Barry Donald, alerted the public to be warry of his activities. In a disclaimer published on its official X handle @OfficialDSSNG, the DSS stated that Donald was using the name of the organisation for unscrupulous activities...