The operation, conducted on Tuesday, November 10, at Dawakawa in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, resulted in the recovery of 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines.
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of allegedly mobilising protesters to disrupt the party's campaign rally in Sokoto and provoke a crisis that could provide grounds for imposing a curfew.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a three-count charge bordering on cybercrime and defamation against a Kaduna man and supporter of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Mubarak Abdullahi, over the alleged circulation of a fake letter purportedly written by President Bola Tinubu to the President of the United States.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in her ruling, held that the Department of State Services (DSS) had presented sufficient evidence to warrant calling on the former governor to defend himself.
A retired officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, who previously alleged that he was tortured and detained for 21 days following a dispute over the management of retired officers’ welfare funds, has apologised to the Director-General of the agency, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, for taking the matter to the media.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five suspects over the abduction of 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a civilian in Imo State.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Faisal Maina, son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, ending a six-year manhunt for the convicted fugitive who fled Nigeria after jumping bail in a money-laundering case.
Abdussamad Ohida, also known as Anwar, was killed alongside other ISWAP members during an intelligence-led operation by troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, at a forest hideout in Owo at the weekend.
Senator Shehu Buba Umar, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, has voluntarily submitted himself to the DSS, Police and Defence Intelligence Agency for investigation.
A former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), now known as the Department of State Services (DSS), Chief Albert Horsefall, has died at the age of 84.
The Edo State opposition accuses Governor Monday Okpebholo of making baseless allegations against former governors Godwin Obaseki and Peter Obi, urging him to focus on delivering tangible development rather than deflecting criticism of his administration.
