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Minister Nnaji Certficate Saga And The Need To Respect Institutions

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2025

By Johnson Okolo Nigerians began the week on the note of a sizzling report by an online newspaper, Premium Times. The report centred around allegations that our own very Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science and Techonology, Chief Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, forged his university degree as well

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DSS Warns Public Against Impostor, Ex-Staff Barry Donald

Daily Dispatch October 8, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned members of the public against engaging in any dealings with one Barry Donald, a dismissed staff of the Service, who is allegedly using the agency’s name to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the DSS said Donald has been involved in “unscrupulous activities,” including […]

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Press Council Applauds DSS Over Release of Detained Journalists in Jos

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2025

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Press Council (NPC), Dr. Dili Ezughah, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) for facilitating the release of two journalists earlier detained in Jos, Plateau State. In a statement signed by the Council’s Director of Research and Documentation, Mr. Dan Ede, on Monday in Abuja, Ezughah described the […]

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NUJ Applauds DSS for Swift Release of Journalists

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

….reaffirms Need to Protect Press Freedom The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the prompt release of two journalists, Ruth Marcus and Keshia Jang, of Jay 101.9 FM, Jos, Plateau State, who were recently detained while covering the funeral of the late mother of the All Progressives […]

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Fifth Columnists and The Futility of Negative Narratives Around The DSS

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Onyema Nwabueze, feminwabuking@gmail.com, Imo State For a while now, the DSS have earned commendations from unusual quarters across the country. It would rarely be a surprise especially to the average Nigerian, when commendations for Government agencies run with taxpayer’s funds, come from top Politicians and Government functionaries – these are usually considered

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HURIWA, Jurist Omolaye-Ajileye Commend SSS DG For N20m Award To Wrongfully Arrested Individuals

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2025

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), and a jurist and visiting Professor at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye, have commended the Director-General of theDepartment of State Services (DSS), Mr.Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, for awarding N20 million as compensation to Mrs. Chineze Ozoadibe and five other individuals wrongfully