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DSS Nabs Two Suspected Arms Couriers, Recovers RPGsRescues kidnap victim

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2026

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested two suspected arms couriers, seized two Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) warheads, an RPG launcher, and other items linked to bandits’ networks in Gombe State The suspects, Muhammed Alhaji Mohammed, 55, and Sani Gesha, 47,

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Breaking: DSS Arrests Suspect Over Edo Attack on Peter Obi, Others

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a man suspected of being behind the recent attempt to assassinate the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, in Benin, the Edo State capital. Obi, a former governor of Edo State, Chief John Oyegun, and several chieftains and members of the opposition […]

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UN building bombing: Court Agrees, as DSS Invokes Practice of Speedy Trial for Terrorism Cases

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2026

*Service recordings complies with the Evidence Act and global standards- witness A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday acceeded to the invocation of the practice for accelerated hearing made by the Department of State Services (DSS), in the ongoing prosecution of five men accused of being behind the August 26, 2011, bombing of the […]

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DSS confirms hands over of Walida Ibrahim to Jigawa State Government

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the release of a young girl at the centre of a disappearance case to the Jigawa State Government, led by Governor Umar Namadi, following the conclusion of a joint investigation into the matter. In a statement issued on Thursday, by Favour Dozie Deputy Director, Public Relations and […]

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NPC has confirmed Walida’s age to be 22, says Women Affairs Minister

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2026

Walida Abdulhadi, the woman at the centre of the controversy over alleged abduction of a minor and relationship with an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), for whom she birthed a baby girl, is 22 years old, Minister of Women Affairs, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has confirmed. The minister said the confirmation was on […]

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Walida: NSCIA Confident that DSS DG will be just, fair, says scribe

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2026

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the apex Muslim authority in Nigeria, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Director General of the Department of State Services, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, to be just and fair in investigating an allegation that a DSS operative abducted a minor from Jigawa State, forcefully converted her […]