News DSS Operatives Quick Read Professor Okunsebor, who is the dean of Faculty of Agriculture of the University was rescued early Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Mile Uku, a border community between Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, two days after he was abducted by DSS operatives. By Ayorinde Oluokun Three…
Human rights activist and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is at the Federal High Court on Wednesday morning amid heavy presence of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), who are fully armed and prevented lawyers, supporters and associates of the activist from entering the courtroom. SaharaReporters observed that DSS operatives, wielding sophisticated weapons, mounted…
Social media influencer and human rights activist, Justice Mark Chidiebere, popularly known as Justice Crack, has narrated how officials of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) allegedly abducted and tortured him while disguising themselves as operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Crack made the allegations in a post published on his X (formerly…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed criminal charges against human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Also named as the 1st and 2nd defendants in the suit are X Corp. (owners of the social media platform X) and…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a one-week ultimatum to activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, demanding the retraction of what it described as a “false, malicious, and inciting” social media post about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The DSS, in a letter dated September 7, 2025, accused Sowore of making criminal and…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has formally petitioned the management of X (formerly Twitter), demanding the immediate suspension or deactivation of the verified account of activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore, over a post it described as a threat to national security. In a letter signed by B. Bamigboye, for the Director General, State Services,…
Tope Temokun, lawyer representing human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has urged the management of X (formerly Twitter) to disregard a request by Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) seeking the deletion of his client’s posts criticising President Bola Tinubu. In a letter dated September 7, 2025, addressed to the Legal and…
An Ibadan-based labour leader and former Chairman of Trade Union Congress [TUC] in Oyo State, Mr Andrew Emelieze, who was detained by the Department of State Services [DSS] in Oyo State, has regained his freedom. Emelize’s release came 14 days after his detention by the DSS. The National Coordinator of Federal Workers Forum (FWF) was…
Comrade Atiku Abubakar Isah, President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja to enforce his fundamental human rights. The case, filed on May 14, 2025, and marked Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/966/2025, lists the Director of the Directorate of State Security (DSS), the Director of…
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, operating under the Central Naval Command, has handed over three suspects to the Department of State Services (DSS) for illegal possession of firearms . The suspects were found to have also acted as unauthorised security escort aboard the Motor Fishing Trawler (MFT) Olokun VIII. Commander of NNS SOROH, Commodore…
