The Department of the State Services (DSS) in a leaked memo to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) warned against an attack on trains plying the Abuja-Kaduna route. ABEG.NG reported that in the memo titled: Security Alert: ‘Impending Threat By A Coalition Of Banditry Syndicate To Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Along AKTS Corridor’, the DSS advised…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has insisted that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele is legally detained in its facility. The DSS, whose application to legally detain Emefiele for 14 days was struck out on July 27 by Justice Edward Okpe of a federal high court in Abuja, has…
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has urged President Bola Tinubu to curb the excesses of the Department of State Services, DSS. Fayose said operatives of the DSS involved in the fight with their counterpart from the Nigeria Correctional Services after the arraignment of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,…
Operatives of the Department of State Service DSS have re-arrestsed suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the premises of the Federal High Court, Lagos. Emefiele’s rearrest happened at the court premises after the court granted him bail in the sum of N20 million. The DSS had a tussle…
Rights activist Omoyele Sowore has fumed over the show of shame displayed today by the Department State Services at the Federal High Court in Lagos. This followed disagreement it had with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service over who should have Godwin Emefiele in custody. The two agencies were seen fighting in broad daylight. Sowore…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed reports that the NYSC passing out certificate of the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah is fake. Giving testimony before the Enugu Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday, DSS said that the governor’s certificate is authentic. The DSS slammed the NYSC for what it described as a shoddy and…
The application filed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to have access to a medical doctor of his choice outside the facilities of the Department of State Services (DSS), has now been granted by the Federal High Court. ABEG.NG reports that the court also ordered that all…
A fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Department of State Services (DSS), has been dismissed by a federal high court in Abuja. On Thursday, James Omotosho, the presiding judge, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. In the…
The Department of Security Services (DSS) says it has charged Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to court. In a statement on Thursday, Peter Afunanya, spokesperson of the DSS, said the decision to charge Emefiele was in compliance with the order of the federal capital territory high court. #TheCableIndex…
The Code of Code Bureau (CCB) has denied recent reports that the Department of State Services, DSS, raided its offices, ABEG.NG reports. The CCB denied reports that the DSS raised its offices to cart away incriminating documents on President Bola Tinubu. The agency, in a statement by Daniel Okafor, Director of Education and Advocacy Services,…