The Department of State Services (DSS), Jigawa State Command, has received a petition over alleged threat to life, criminal intimidation, extortion, cyber harassment, and attempts to damage the reputation of a Jigawa-based…
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Plateau Killings: Court Remands Four Suspects in DSS Custody, Adjourns to April 30
From Tongnaan Bawa Jos A Plateau State High Court has remanded 4 suspects in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the March 28, 2026 killings in Angwan Rukuba…
CITAD Raises Alarm Over Alleged Harassment of Staff by Jigawa DSS
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has raised concerns over the alleged harassment of one of its staff members by officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Jigawa…
CITAD Condemns Continued Detention of Two Nigerians Over Social Media Commentary
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has condemned the continued detention of two Nigerians, Sani Waspapping and Abubakar Adamu, by the Department of State Services (DSS) over…
CITAD Warns Against Intimidation of Critics in Kano, Demands End to Arrests
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has raised alarm over what it describes as a growing pattern of arrests and intimidation targeting critics and social media commentators…
Leadership and Restraint: The DSS Story in 2025 under DG Tosin Ajayi
By Deji Adesogan In a country where security agencies are often judged by public drama rather than quiet effectiveness, the Department of State Services (DSS) in 2025 offers a markedly different narrative….
Tosin Ajayi’s DSS: Balancing Security with the Rule of Law
By Deji Adesogan One year on, DSS reforms show quiet transformation under Ajayi’s leadership. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as Director-General of the Department of State Services…
CITAD Cautions DSS Against Intimidating Citizens Over Online Expression
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has cautioned the Department of State Services (DSS) in Bauchi State against what it described as arbitrary intimidation of citizens over…
DSS Delists IPC Director Lanre Arogundade After 40 Years
In a significant development for press freedom and human rights, the Department of State Services (DSS) has officially removed the name of Mr. Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director of the International Press Centre…
Uromi Killings: DSS Arrests 2 Principal Suspects
By Zagazola Makama Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) have arrested two principal suspects involved in the killing of 16 Nigerians of Northern extraction in Uromi, Esan North-East local government…
Tinubu Appoints Deputy Director-General of DSS
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs Folashade Arinola Adekaiyaoja as Deputy Director-General for the Department of State Services. This, according to the presidential approval, was in an effort to boost the morale…
Kano Police Crackdown on Illegal Forex Operators, Arrest 17 Suspects
By Mustapha Salisu In a bid to stabilize the foreign exchange market, the Kano State Police Command, in collaboration with the Department of State Service (DSS), has arrested 17 suspected forex hawkers…
DSS cautions against inflammatory statements
…Calls for peace during elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States The Department of State Services (DSS) has observed rising trends and patterns of incendiary comments by some personalities of influence and…
DSS, Army thwart planned Boko Haram attack in Kano
A joint team of the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS) has foiled a planned attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The…
Kano Tribunal: DSS reportedly arrests 23-year-old woman for threatening suicide bombing
The Department of State Security (DSS) has allegedly arrested a 23-year-old woman named Firdausi Musa Ahamadu for threatening to carry out a suicide bombing and kill all those responsible for the victory…
CCP lauds DSS for unearthing crimes of ex-CBN, EFCC bosses
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse A group of Concern Citizens Project (CCP) commended Department of State Security (DSS) for Unearthing many crimes of former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele and former EFCC boss, Abdulrasheed…
DSS re-arrest Emefiele, after face-off over custody with Police, NCS
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was re-arrested on Tuesday by Department of State Services (DSS) operatives after a tense confrontation with officials from the Nigerian…
BREAKING: DSS presents Godwin Emefiele in court for arraignment
Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has made his appearance at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The charges against him include two counts of illegal possession of…
DSS alert Nigerians on plans to attack places of worship, recreational centres during Eid-el-Kabir
The Department of State Services (DSS) says there are plans by suspected terrorists to carry out attacks on places of worship and recreational centres before and during the Eid-el- Kabir celebration. In…