The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has directed the termination of the appointment of the Director-General, State Security Service, Lawal Musa Daura with immediate effect. Osinbajo on Tuesday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Director-General of the Department Read more
A man who was charged with illegal importation of 661 pump-action guns has alleged that his gang paid N1m to security operatives to smuggle in the guns at Apapa Port, Lagos. Mahmud Hassan is one of five men facing trial Read more
Operatives of the Department of State Services, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, National Intelligence Agency and the police were on Tuesday in a face-off over moves by the EFCC to arrest a former Director General of the DSS, Ekpenyong Ita, Read more
The Department of State Service, DSS, on Wednesday brought former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, to an Abuja Federal High Court. The development was in compliance with an order by the court. Dasuki decked in a light blue attire with Read more
The Government of Ekiti State says it has uncovered plans by some elements in the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government to connive with the Department of State Services, DSS, to implicate the State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. According to the Read more
The Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, has been released from detention by the Department of State Services (DSS). Mr Ubah was released unconditionally on Monday night after being detained for six weeks. The DSS Read more
A statement yesterday by its spokesman, Tony Opuiyo, said the service arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin, Terwase Akwaza alias Ghana, and some of his close associates on June 9, 2017. The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has recorded Read more
The Federal Ministry of Finance has confirmed release of N375.8million to the first batch of 20 providers of information under the Whistleblower Policy. The payment, of various amounts totaling N375,875,000, relate to the recovery of N11,635,000,000 . Minister for Finance, Read more
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Jabi has granted an order for the Department of State Services to further detain the Managing Director of Capital Oil Plc for 14 more days. Justice Yusuf Halilu gave the Read more
The Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah, is in the custody of the State Security Service over diversion of petroleum products stored in his tank farm, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said. Mr Ubah has Read more