Security personnel from the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigeria Police forcefully entered the Lagos State House of Assembly in the early hours of Monday, effectively sealing the offices of Speaker Mojisola Meranda, her deputy, and the clerk of the assembly. Reports obtained by Henzodaily revealed that by 10 a.m., armed guards had … Read more
The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, has advocated the need to allow communities to bear weapons to a certain level. The DSS boss submitted that the Nigerian Army, Police, DSS and other security agencies can not be everywhere at the same time. He stressed that allowing the local communities to … Read more
The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, has advocated for the implementation of a policy that would make it compulsory for academically brilliant students to be recruited into the security forces. According to the DSS boss, it would be difficult for criminals to operate when the best academic minds are in … Read more
The President of the Ebira Youth Congress (EYC), Ajaokuta branch, Comrade Luqman Abbas Oricha, has been declared missing. In a statement made available to Henzodaily by a member of the association, Inda Bello, Oricha was last seen after the divisional head of the Department of State Services (DSS), Ajaokuta branch allegedly led a group of … Read more
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have insisted that they followed due process and procedure in the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the House. According to them, the removal of Obasa was done in line with all constitutional provisions. The lawmakers made the declaration in a statement on Thursday signed … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited two lawmakers from the Lagos State House of Assembly over their alleged involvement in the speakership crisis rocking the Assembly. The invitation follows the crisis surrounding the removal of former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on January 13. According to Punch, the lawmakers, Lanre Afinni and Sylvester Ogunkelu, are … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a suspected gun runner who had been on the run from Niger Republic to Zamfara State. Henzodaily reports the suspect was arrested in an operation conducted by the DSS in collaboration with the troops from the 1 Brigade of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji. He … Read more
Popular activist and political commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has been arrested again by security officials reportedly affiliated with the Department of State Services (DSS). Henzodaily learnt that Mahdi was taken into custody by unidentified security personnel at his clinic located in Unguwar Dosa at approximately 11:00 a.m. This development was confirmed in a publication by Daily … Read more
Nigeria has got her first-ever deputy director general for the Department of State Service (DSS) in the person of Folashade Adekaiyaoja. An indigene of Kogi State, Adekaiyaoja was appointed following an approval by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, January 14. First of its kind, Adekaiyaoja appointment has been met with commendation from serving and retired … Read more
Operatives from the Department of State Services, DSS, have arrested Sylvester Victor Augustus, (32) who has been alleged to be responsible for the recent fake recruitment notice linked to the agency. The 32-year-old suspect was arrested for allegedly duplicating the DSS website and posting a false recruitment notice, misleading Nigerians into thinking the agency was hiring. Augustus, originally … Read more