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DSS, NIA Probe Natasha’s Attendance Of IPU Meeting In New York — Report

GISTSMATE 012 weeks ago010 mins

The Department of State Services, DSS, and the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, are reportedly probing how Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, meeting in New York without official nomination. Sources said the probe is seeking to uncover how she secured accreditation, who facilitated her trip, and whether her participation…

DSS Personnel Allegedly Beats Up Policeman Attached To Abia Assembly

GISTSMATE 014 weeks ago04 mins

There was tension at the entrance of the Abia state House of Assembly, Tuesday, as some DSS personnel allegedly beat up a policeman attached to the Assembly. It almost turned to a free- for -all -fight between the two sister security agencies as other policemen attached to the Assembly came out to defend their colleague….

VIDEO: AIT, Channels TV Apologise To DSS Over Reports On Lagos Assembly Incident

GISTSMATE 011 month ago07 mins

Africa Independent Television and Channels Television have publicly apologised to the Department of State Services over their reports on the agency’s involvement in the Lagos State House of Assembly crisis on February 17. AIT News, in an official statement during its News Hour program, retracted its initial report clarifying that its reporting was based on…

USAID’s Sponsorship Of Boko Haram: Senate Summons NSA , DGs Of DSS, NIA, DIA

GISTSMATE 011 month ago014 mins

The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser, NSA , Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Adeola Ajayi; Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, over alleged sponsorship of Boko Haram by…

BREAKING: Speaker’s Office Denies Inviting DSS To Seal Off Assembly

GISTSMATE 011 month ago03 mins

The office of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has clarified claims that the Assembly invited the Department of State Services (DSS) to take over the premises. The clarification follows an incident on Monday, February 17, 2025, when armed DSS officers stormed the Assembly, preventing Speaker Mojisola Meranda and other lawmakers from…

BREAKING: DSS Storms Lagos Assembly, Seals Speaker, Deputy’s Offices

GISTSMATE 011 month ago1 month ago08 mins

Men of f the Department of State Security, DSS, and Nigeria Police, in tye early hours on Monday, stormed the premises the Lagos State House of Assembly, sealing up the offices of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, her deputy and clerk of the house. As of 10 am, armed security personnel have taken over the premises…

‘Our Son Is Missing’, 2Face Family Seeks DSS Help To Find Missing Singer

GISTSMATE 011 month ago07 mins

The family of popular Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2face, has petitioned the Department of State Services over his whereabouts, declaring him missing. In a petition signed by their lawyer, Wilson Anuge, dated February 7, the Idibia family stated that the singer, also known as 2Baba, had been missing since 10 February 2025…

FLASH: DSS Arrests 10 ‘Boko Haram Members’ In Osun

GISTSMATE 012 months ago03 mins

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 10 suspected members of Boko Haram in Ilesa, Osun State. Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, said the suspects were members of Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). He said the state government would continue to…

Tinubu Appoints Adekaiyaoja As First Female Deputy DG Of DSS

GISTSMATE 013 months ago03 mins

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Folashade Adekaiyaoja as deputy director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS). Adekaiyaoja, who hails from Kogi state, is the first female operative of the DSS to occupy the position. While the presidency has not made an official statement, a source told TheCable that the appointment is…

FLASH: Blogger Lands In Trouble For Hacking DSS Website, Posting Fake Recruitment

GISTSMATE 013 months ago3 months ago03 mins

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a 32-year-old blogger, identified as Augustus, for cloning its official website and posting a fake recruitment notice. The suspect, from Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended on Thursday at his residence on Akpan Eno Lane in Abak. According to DSS sources, Augustus, a graduate of the University of…

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DSS, NIA Probe Natasha’s Attendance Of IPU Meeting In New York — Report

DSS Personnel Allegedly Beats Up Policeman Attached To Abia Assembly

VIDEO: AIT, Channels TV Apologise To DSS Over Reports On Lagos Assembly Incident

USAID’s Sponsorship Of Boko Haram: Senate Summons NSA , DGs Of DSS, NIA, DIA

BREAKING: Speaker’s Office Denies Inviting DSS To Seal Off Assembly

BREAKING: DSS Storms Lagos Assembly, Seals Speaker, Deputy’s Offices

‘Our Son Is Missing’, 2Face Family Seeks DSS Help To Find Missing Singer

FLASH: DSS Arrests 10 ‘Boko Haram Members’ In Osun

Tinubu Appoints Adekaiyaoja As First Female Deputy DG Of DSS

FLASH: Blogger Lands In Trouble For Hacking DSS Website, Posting Fake Recruitment