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Victims, Survivors Hail DSS as Trial of Suspected Deeper Life Church Attackers Speed Up
The recent arraignment by the Department of State Security, DSS of Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, the suspected mastermind of the 2012 gun attack on a Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, near Okene, in Kogi State, which killed over 19 worshippers, families of victims and survivors have thanked the secret police for re-arresting and speeding up Obadaki’s […]
DSS Charges Man for Advocating Military Coup
The charges, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, Case No. FHC/ABJ/CR/610/2025, from posts Onukwume made on his social media account in October 2025. The DSS claims that the posts urged the removal of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the suspension of the federal government, and support for a military takeover. In the […]
DSS fires 115 officers amid internal reforms
According to a statement posted on X, the service said the affected officers were disengaged over a period of time, warning the public against dealing with former operatives still parading themselves as serving DSS officials. “As part of the ongoing reforms in the Department of State Services, the public is hereby informed that a total […]
DSS Raise Alarm On Dismissed Officers Defrauding Citizens
The anti-graft agency raised the alarm in a notice released, asking the public to reach out to the agency for compliants and enquiry. “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby alerts members of the public of the activities of one Victor Onyedikachi Godwin, a dismissed staff,” the notice reads. “He is reportedly engaging in unscrupulous […]
Sowore condemns DSS screening of SAN designates, says “Nigeria is down”
He expressed his condemnation in a statement on his social media page. This comes as a senior advocate of Nigeria, Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro, had on Monday raised an alarm over the development. Akinboro described the situation as illegal and an attempt to truncate the independence of the country’s legal profession. Reacting, Sowore decried the collapse […]
Judge moves Nnamdi Kanu’s trial to DSS headquarters
Justice James Omotosho ordered that Kanu’s trial be moved from the Abuja Federal High Court to the DSS headquarters. The trial judge said the case was moved to the DSS headquarters to allow for the inspection of Kanu’s shipping container. The container was said to have been used by Kanu to bring a radio transmitter […]
DSS debunks recruitment reports
The Department of State Services, DSS, has described as false reports that it is currently recruiting. The DSS urged Nigerians to ignore the reports, describing them as fake. One of the reports had claimed that the Service was receiving applications for electricians, plumbers, mechanics and carpenters. The report also claimed that the recruitment was for […]
Lagos Assembly indefinitely suspends plenary over DSS invasion
The Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended its plenary sessions indefinitely due to an invasion by the Department of State Service, DSS.
S’West Governors team up against ISWAP elements, bandits
States in the South-West region are strategising in response to the reported influx of bandits and fighters from the Islamic State’s West Africa Province into some of the region’s forests.
Court orders INEC to recognize Imumolen as Accord Party national chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, has been ordered by an Abuja High Court presided over by Justice M. M. Adamu to recognise Chris Imumolen as the National Chairman of Accord Party. This directive is pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by Imumolen and 12 other officials of the party against Maxwell […]