LEAD STORY 2

Breaking: After al-Minuki, Joint Army, DSS, Amotekun Operation Kills Another ISWAP Leader Planning Terrorist Attacks

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2026

An intelligence-led operation by a combined team of troops of the Nigerian Army, Department of Department of State Services (DSS) personnel, and Western Nigeria Security Network aka Amotekun officers, at the weekend in Owo forest, Ondo State, eliminated a senior leader of the Islamic State West

NEWS

Alleged Cybercrime: Sowore’s Subpoena Volte-face Absurd, DSS Counsel Tells Court

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

Counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, on Friday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that a volte-face by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, on a witness to subpoena is absurd and unprecedented. Sowore has opened his defence on the allegations of cyberbullying arising […]

NEWS

Katsina Traditional Rulers Hail Military, DSS for Foiling Another Mass Abduction By Bandits

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

Several traditional rulers in Katsina State have commended the Military, Department of State Services (DSS) and local vigilante groups for foiling another attempt by armed bandits to carry out a mass abduction in Bakori Local Government Area of the state.The state government had penultimate week hailed the security agencies for foiling a mass abduction of […]

COLUMNS

Beyond The Headlines: The Changing Face Of The DSS Under Ajayi

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye There is an unusual way to look at Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi.Not through the arrests.Not through the security alerts.Not even through the familiar language of intelligence successes and counter-terrorism operations.Look instead at what happens when one of Nigeria’s most secretive institutions begins to explain itself, examine its own methods and confront

NEWS

Alleged Wire Tapping: Court Reserves Ruling on El-Rufai’s No Case Submission

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2026

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reserved ruling on a no case submission by a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El’Rufai, on a charge of alleged wiretapping brought against him by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS filed an amended five-count charge against el-Rufai following a February 13, 2026, […]

NEWS

Katsina Gov Lauds Military, DSS, Vigilantes For Foiling Mass Kidnap

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2026

….Neutralizing 18 Bandits, Recovering Arms, Livestock The Katsina State governor, Dr. Dikko Radda, has lauded the Nigerian military, the Department of State Services (DSS), and vigilantes for stopping scores of bandits from attacking and mass-kidnapping residents of Gidan Iyado, Kakumi Ward, Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. A statement by the State