Tag: DSS

DG Seeks Compulsory Recruitment Of First-class Graduates Into DSS

Ganiyu Amodu

The Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, has called for a policy mandating the recruitment of first-class graduates into the intelligence agency to strengthen national security. Ajayi made this call while delivering the 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture at the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Kwara State. In his lecture, titled “The Roles of the DSS in Security, Peacekeeping, and National Integration,” Ajayi emphasised the need for a paradigm shift in recruitment and staffing within security agencies to ensure only the best minds…

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Nnamdi Kanu Calls For Trial Transfer To South-East

Ganiyu Amodu

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called for his trial to be transferred to the South-East, insisting that Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court will not handle his case. Kanu’s demand was outlined in a statement on Wednesday by his lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, after a routine meeting with Kanu at the Department of State Services (DSS) facility in Abuja. On September 24, 2024, Kanu had asked Justice Nyako to ‘hands off’ his trial on grounds of lack of confidence.…

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Why We Visited SERAP’s Abuja Office – DSS

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Department of State Services, DSS, has provided an explanation as to why its personnel visited the office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, in Abuja. On Monday, the operatives of the DSS stormed the office of SERAP in Abuja. The report had it that the officers were demanding to see the rights group’s directors In a statement released on Tuesday, the secret police challenged SERAP’s narrative, clarifying that unarmed members of the service were conducting a routine investigation. It said, “The Department of State Services (DSS) has…

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DSS Occupies SERAP Office In Abuja, Demands Access To Directors

ADEOLA YUSUF

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly taken control of the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), demanding access to the organization’s directors. The information was contained in a tweet from SERAP’s official X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday, stating that DSS officers were present at their office and requesting access to the organization’s directors. SERAP has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately intervene and direct the DSS to halt what it described as an unwarranted attack on its rights and those of…

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BREAKING: DSS Arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero

ADEOLA YUSUF

Operatives of the Department of the State Services have arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. According to PUNCH, he was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment. READ ALSO NiMet Forecasts 3-Day Thunderstorms, Rains From Monday How Tinubu’s VAT, Fuel Price Hike Will Worsen Cost of Living Crisis – Atiku Man Rapes, Inserts Scissors Into 8 Year-Old Girl’s Private Part The NLC president was billed to attend the Trade Union Congress…

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Polls: DSS Confirms Plot To Install Interim Govt

ADEOLA YUSUF

Abuja—After many months of rumours that a section of the political class was planning for an interim government in order to truncate the result of the recently-concluded general elections, the Department of State Services, DSS, formally confirmed yesterday that the plot was real. Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who disclosed this in a statement, said  the agency had identified some key players in the plot but did not give the names of the masterminds. The agency said the planners of the interim government had already held several meetings during…

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Assets Declaration Compulsory For Tinubu, Others – INEC

Gbenga Adeoti

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that to vie for any elective offices, politicians and other office seekers would be mandated to declare their assets, particularly their bank account statements before and during the 2023 elections. Platforms Africa reports that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is one of those who have publicly declared intention to vie for elective positions in the forthcoming election. The commission explained that plans have been concluded to beam its searchlight by engaging relevant stakeholders to track politicians…

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Germany Donates Operational Vehicles To Nigerian Police, DSS, EFCC Others

Tade Salako

“The presentation of the vehicles is our own way of contributing towards assisting the Nigerian security agencies to maintain peace and security in Nigeria,” Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany declares   The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lagos, Herbet Maassen, has led the donation of vehicles by his government to the Nigerian Police Force at an event where the Nigerian Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, vowed to intensify security of lives and property nationwide and decisively deal with emerging threats to…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Secret Service, DSS, Summons Sheikh Gumi Over Banditry

Aliyu Aliyu

  Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a controversial Islamic preacher, has been summoned for questioning by the State Security Service, often known as the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS invitation was published by VOA Hausa just days after a dispute between Gumi and the Nigerian Army. Gumi claimed that security agents contributed to Nigeria’s insecurity by partnering with criminals who engage in murder and kidnapping for ransom in an interview with ARISE Television on Wednesday. Gumi’s declaration was met with sadness and regret by the Nigerian Army the same day.…

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