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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Mahdi Shehu, a prominent whistleblower and rights activist in Kaduna, over a controversial social media post alleging that France was influencing Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu to establish a French military base in the Northwestern region. Mr. Shehu’s post, which featured an old video falsely suggesting French dominance…
