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DSS Directs Counsel to Seek Adjournment in Sowore’s Alleged Cybercrime Case Until After 2027 Presidential Election

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has instructed its private counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to seek adjournment in the case of alleged cyber-bullying it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the next presidential

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Two Years In Office: Why Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi Has Become a Defining Figure in Nigeria’s Security Reforms

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2026

By Olumide Bajulaiye As Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), marks two years at the helm of Nigeria’s foremost intelligence agency, his tenure provides an opportunity to reflect on the evolving role of intelligence in the country’s security architecture. At a time when Nigeria continues to confront terrorism,

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Community Leaders Commend DSS Over Arrest of Arms Supply Kingpin

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2026

….Dismantling of Terrorists’ Networks In Katsina, Nasarawa States Community leaders in Katsina and Nasarawa States have commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for arresting a terrorists’ arms supply kingpin, Abubakar Mubarak, and dismantling a network feeding weapons to terrorists around both States. The leaders, who spoke in separate interviews

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Tinubu Orders Immediate Coordinated Rescue Operation for Niger Abduction Victims

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS) and other relevant security and intelligence agencies to immediately launch a coordinated operation to rescue victims of the recent mass abduction in Niger State. The President, in a statement issued on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, expressed […]

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DSS-Led Operation Rescues Kidnap Victim

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2026

….Neutralises Two Suspected Kidnappers in Imo Security operatives comprising personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), other security agencies and local vigilantes have rescued a 29-year-old kidnap victim and neutralised two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate in Imo State. The DSS disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Owerri on

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Tinubu Orders Arrest of Nwabueze Over Alleged Fake Government Agency

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze following the discovery of an alleged fake government agency operating from the premises of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). The purported agency, known as the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, […]