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Deeper Life Church Attack Survivors Laud Dss, As Suspect’s Trial Begins

Deeper Life Church Attack Survivors Laud Dss, As Suspect’s Trial Begins

Victims’ families, and survivors of the 2012 gun attack on Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, near Okene, in Kogi State, have commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for re-arresting and accelerating the arraignment of…

Intel Without Action: Concerns Over Growing Cases Of Avoidable Deaths, Abductions

Intel Without Action: Concerns Over Growing Cases Of Avoidable Deaths, Abductions

For almost two decades, Nigeria has battled the nagging issue of insecurity, particularly in Northern Nigeria. But state and non-state actors have expressed worry about avoidable deaths and abductions occasioned by the failure to act…

SERAP Confronts DSS Over Unlawfully Invasion Of Office

SERAP Confronts DSS Over Unlawfully Invasion Of Office

Following the ongoing litigation between Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Department of State Services (DSS), the organisation has insisted that the officials of Nigeria’s secret police unlawfully invaded its Abuja office, used…

DSS Releases Suspected IPOB Member After Years In Detention

DSS Releases Suspected IPOB Member After Years In Detention

The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the release of one Kenneth Okechukwu Nwafor, arrested in July 2022, for his alleged involvement in the activities of the…

Law Firm Petitions DSS, IGP Over Video Targeting Ethnic Group

Law Firm Petitions DSS, IGP Over Video Targeting Ethnic Group

A law firm, Eze Osinachi and Associates, has filed a formal petition before the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), calling for an urgent investigation of Primate Elijah Babatunde…

FCT Police Intensify Crime Prevention With Church Patrol Operations

FCT Police Intensify Crime Prevention With Church Patrol Operations

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has intensified proactive crime prevention efforts through special church patrol operations across forested and border communities linking Bwari–Kaduna, Bwari–Niger, and Gwagwalada–Niger States. The operation, conducted on 9th November…

DSS Confirms Ongoing Prosecution Of Terror Suspects

DSS Confirms Ongoing Prosecution Of Terror Suspects

The Department of State Services (DSS) has provided an update on the ongoing trials of multiple terrorism suspects involved in attacks and criminal networks across Nigeria. On November 19, 2025, Justice Emeka Nwite of the…

DSS Arrest Man For Inciting Military Takeover

DSS Arrest Man For Inciting Military Takeover

The operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested one Innocent Chukwuma in  Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for using his social media handle to incite the military to overthrow the current administration.…

Gov Aliyu Commissions N’West Varsity Teaching Hospital

Gov Aliyu Commissions N’West Varsity Teaching Hospital

The Sokoto State healthcare sector has achieved a significant milestone with the commissioning of the North-West University Teaching Hospital by Governor Ahmed Aliyu. This development is set to transform the state into a national hub…

Sowore Slams DSS Over Attempts To Deactivate Facebook Account

Sowore Slams DSS Over Attempts To Deactivate Facebook Account

After the Department of State Services (DSS) allegedly petitioned Meta to deactivate the account of human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, the activist has called out the agency,…