A civil society group under the aegis of, Coalition of Civil Society Groups for Peace, Security, Good Governance, Equity and Justice has commended the Department of State Security Service for it’s efforts in tackling insecurity. Citing the recent arrest of…
…says it used police, DSS to topple governors The Presidency again took on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday and accused one of its former Presidents of illegal removal of state governors. Though former President Olusegun Obasanjo was not…
Masked operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) stormed the premises of the National Assembly yesterday, causing tension among lawmakers, journalists and other workers. There was a standing directive barring security men from entering the NASS premises with arms.…
The Abuja Bureau Chief of The Independent Newspapers, Mr. Tony Ezimako has been released by the Department of State Services. The security agency was said to have released him around 10:30pm in Abuja on Wednesday night Journalists and members of civil society…
The Defence Headquarters said on Friday that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, Service Chiefs of the three services, on Thursday met with the Director General, Department of State Service in Maiduguri where the on-going operations in the…
The Spokesman to former President Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Kassim Afegbua yesterday said his life was under threat following a statement he issued and authorized by IBB. This is as human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Femi…
The Nigerian Army has on Wednesday announced a plan to commence ‘Exercise Ayem Akpatuma’ in the Middle Belt and the North Central states to tackle the crisis after months of the herdsmen crisis in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states. The…
The 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, has launched a special operation in parts of Kaduna and Niger states, to tackle rising cases of kidnapping, robbery and cattle rustling. The operation, codenamed Karamin Goro (Small Kola Nut) will cover Minna-Birnin Gwari-Pandogari…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday, gave the Department of State Service, the order to retain 400 Boko Haram suspects in its custody for 90 days. The suspects are to be kept at a detention camp at Kainji,…
Teachers under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria on Tuesday stormed the premises of the Cross River State House of Assembly and the governor’s office to protest against the beating of their colleagues at the Federal…