The Federal High Court on Monday, granted an application by the Department of State Services (DSS) for accelerated hearing in the ongoing prosecution of five men accused of the Aug. 26, 2011, bombing of the United Nations’ Building in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order while ruling on an application moved by prosecuting lawyer, […]
A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja gave a vivid account of how the June 5, 2022 terror attack was planned and executed against the St Francis Catholic church in Owo, Ondo state in which 41 people were killed and 140 others injured. The […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a three-count criminal charge against the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over allegations of unlawfully intercepting the private communications of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The charges were filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, escalating the standoff between […]
Residents of five communities in Ago-Iwoye, mostly elderly farmers, at the weekend staged a protest over the alleged seizure of more than 500 acres of farmland by the Ebumawe of Ago-Iwoye, Oba Abdulrasaq Adesina Adenuga. The protesters, drawn from Isamuro, Imosun, Igan, Awori and Idode communities, marched along the palace road under the watch of […]
Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) and his son Abdulaziz Abubakar Malami were on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja for abetting and financing terrorism. The judge ordered the two defendants to be remanded in the custody of Department […]
In a sudden diplomatic realignment, the Presidency has withdrawn the posting of former Kebbi State Governor, Usman Saidu Dakingari, as Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to Turkey, barely 24 hours after his appointment was publicly announced. The reversal was confirmed on Friday morning in a statement by the Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, which conspicuously omitted Dakingari’s name from […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested one of its operatives, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, over allegations of abducting, unlawfully detaining, forcibly converting the religion of, and marrying a 16-year-old girl, Walida Ibrahim. The arrest follows an earlier order by a Magistrate Court sitting in Hadejia, Jigawa State, which directed the arrest and investigation of the […]
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, has cried out for the public’s solidarity, saying his life is in danger. Dr. Mailafia’s alarm comes in the wake of a third invitation extended to him by the Department of State Services (DSS), with the last 5 weeks. In a statement in […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that that two of its personnel were killed in the recent IPOB attack in Enugu State. The DSS made this known in a statement on Sunday, August 23 signed by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya. Afunanya said that there is an ongoing investigation aimed at arresting everyone involved […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday defended the invitation of Dr Obadiah Mailafia by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent comments on the Boko Haram insurgency. READ ALSO: Mailafiya invited by DSS again for further questioning Shehu, who made this known in a […]
The former House of Representatives Speaker, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has stated why he was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) for questioning. Na’Abba spoke to newsmen on Monday, August 17 after over two hours with the DSS operatives in Abuja. According to him, ”I did not disown anything I said. I will never […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest,within 24 hours. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who gave the ordered, also awarded a N100, 000 fine against the DSS over its delay to serve the defence counsel with the additional proof of evidence in the […]
Mr Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary (ES), National Human Rights Commission, has urged law enforcement agencies to abide by the rule of law and refrain from disobeying court orders. Ojukwu gave this advice while reacting to the alleged refusal of officials of the Department of state services (DSS) to release on bail the social campaigner Omoyele Sowore […]
The Department of State Services (DSS), says no person has turned up to take delivery of Mr Omoyele Sowore since a court order was received for his release. Dr Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations’ Officer of the Service disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said the clarification was necessary for reasons […]
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that four men, who allegedly abducted a teenage girl be remanded in prison pending legal advice. The police charged Mohammed Musa, (25); Suleiman Umar , (27); Sunajo Ibrahim, (26) and Yunusa Ja’eh, 25, with two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping. Chief Magistrate, Musa Lawal, who did not […]
Following the ruling of an Abuja High Court granting the request of the Department of State Services (DSS) granting them right to hold convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore for 45 days, Afenifere, the Yoruba social political organization has said that it views with great concern the 45-day detention without trial granted the DSS. This is […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday in Abuja re assured Nigerians of security and safety of lives and property ahead of the general elections. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar saying investigation revealed that the current petrol scarcity in the Northern part of the country […]