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Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday accused the federal government of plotting to impose a state of emergency in Rivers State. Governor Wike who spent less than 10 minutes with Buhari during the meeting in Abuja on Friday, also raised an alarm that security agents threatened to shoot him as he...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by the Department of State Services, DSS. El-Zakzaky is the leader of Shi`a Movement in Nigeria. Abang said that Zakzaky ought to have obtained the leave of...

The spiritual leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, some other members and other criminals have been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Nigeria. The arrests were part of successes recorded in the ongoing tactical and counter-terrorism operations to degrade the...

Tension is mounting and trouble is near over the arrest of His Royal Highness, King Walter Agri, the traditional ruler of Agrissaba in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, by operatives of the Department of State Security on August 7. According to Punch, the monarch was arrested over...

Massive resignation in the Department of State Services, DSS has forced the management of the service to temporarily place a moratorium on further voluntary resignation from personnel of the service, Vanguard gathered. According to Vanguard reports, since the take over of the present Director...

Operatives of the Department of State Service DSS, yesterday, arrested the wife of the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, over ongoing investigations into how her husband and two sons collected and laundered over N4.7 billion from the national treasury in 2014...

Mrs. Moroofat Obanikoro, the wife of ex Defense Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro, was on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security, ThisDay reports. Reports say she was picked up at the Ikoyi residence of the ex minister after hours of ransacking the house without laying...

A woman was Wednesday afternoon killed at the Jere area of Kaduna State by an operative of the Department of State Services (‎DSS). The agent reportedly killed her in error, as the person he was targeting escaped. “The woman was not their target. The security men flagged down a vehicle, and...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Department of State Service, DSS and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, to pay the sum of N20 million as compensation to the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Youth Matters, Ikenga Ugochinyere, over what it called...

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has arrested some suspected Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militants. The DSS disclosed this in a statement released on Friday. According to the secret police, one Selky Torughedi, a suspected member of NDA and associate of Tompolo, was arrested for...

The Federal Government again failed on Tuesday to produce former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for trial on corruption charges brought against him by the government. Although the witnesses in the case were assembled by the...

For ‘cloning’ Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s phone number, Damilare Eyitayo whose friend was arrested has allegedly died in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), Sahara Reporters gathered. His family is alleging foul play in his death, asking the DSS to explain how it...

The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti Division, on Wednesday ruled against the arrest and detention of a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Afolabi Akanni, for 18 days by Department of State Services for undisclosed reasons and violation of the 1999 constitution. According to ThisDay...

The Department of State Services has taken over Umuanyi Forest near Aba in Abia State, where it said unidentified 55 shallow graves have been discovered. Not less than 55 identified persons were said to have been allegedly buried in the graves by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra...

An investigation by agents of the Department of State Service (DSS) has uncovered that members affiliated with the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) abducted five Hausa-Fulani residents in Abia State. The announcement was issued by DSS official Tony Opuiyo from the headquarters in Abuja. Mr...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has petitioned the DSS demanding the unconditional release of the detained leader of the Shiites sect, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. In a letter to the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Falana demanded their release from...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has kicked against what it described as hurried release by security agencies, of aides of Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, who were arrested during the March 19 legislative rerun election in the state. Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Davies...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state on Monday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to place Governor Ayodele Fayose under serious security watch due to his comments over the activities of the Department of State Services in Ekiti State. Ekiti-APC Publicity...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has rewarded a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni, who was detained for 18 days by the Department of State Services with a car gift. At a ceremony held at the Jibowu Hall of the governor’s office while hosting the 26-member...

The Ekiti state assembly lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni whom the state government claimed had died in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), has been produced to journalists by the service. Accoding to TheCable, he is alive, but weak, apparently from ill-health. Source: TheCable