Jubilation erupted at the Department of State Security (DSS) headquarters in Abuja following the announcement that President Bola Tinubu had relieved Yusuf Bichi of his duties as the Director General (DG) of the DSS. Bichi’s replacement, Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, an Assistant DG within the same agency, was received with cheers and visible relief by many…
Emerging details have shed light on the sudden removal of Yusuf Bichi, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). According to sources who spoke with Guardian, President Bola Tinubu’s decision is rooted in his administration’s ongoing efforts to intensify the fight against terrorism and kidnapping across Nigeria. Insiders revealed that Bichi’s dismissal was…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new directors-general of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and the Department of State Services, DSS. Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new Director-General of the NIA, while Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS. Mohammed succeeds Ahmed Abubakar, who resigned from his position as…
The State Security Service (SSS) has released a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, after detaining him for more than six hours on Sunday. SSS operatives arrested Mr Soyinka, the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, on his arrival from the…
The State Security Service (SSS) has given the reason for arresting a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, early on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES reported that SSS operatives arrested Mr Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, shortly after…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa. According to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at…
The Department of State Services has dismissed reports stating that its operatives raided the headquarters of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Abuja. On Wednesday, it was reported that armed men, purportedly from the DSS, stormed the NLC’s office and made off with several documents. According to the NLC, the incident occurred around 8:30 pm, when…
The Police have raided headquarters of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over allegations that members of the organised labour sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protest. Some labour leaders who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday night, said everyone in the building had left for their various residence when the operatives stormed the building. One of the labour leaders…
As a result of the recent nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in the country and subsequent display of foreign flags in some states of the federation, the Department of State Services, DSS, has said that no fewer than seven Polish citizens have been arrested in Kano. The suspects have been transferred to Abuja…
Eagle-eyed operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested criminal elements who diverted 1200 bags of rice which the federal government sent to Katsina State. Beyond the diverted rice, the saboteurs also diverted 48 bags of rice kits. The Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, gave the figure at a press briefing…