Nigeria To Acquire Forensic And Intelligence Gathering Gadgets To Track Terrorists, Kidnappers

If things go according to plans, Nigerian security agencies will soon be able to rein in Kidnapping, terrorism and other criminal activities ravaging the country.

Security Agents Arrest Boko Haram Members Planning To Enlist Into The Nigerian Army

Nigeria's Secret police otherwise known as the Department of State Services, DSS, said in Abuja on Sunday that some members of the dreaded Boko Haram were already making plans to join the army.

Widespread Insecurity in Nigeria: A Case For URGENT Restructuring of Security, Intelligence Agencies

Introduction:   This essay argues that the unprecedented and widespread insecurity – terrorism, insurgency, militancy, herdsmen attacks, communal clashes, kidnap for ransom and extortion (KRE), cultism amongst other security challenges stifling Nigeria(ns), are inter alia, a byproduct of Nigeria’s old-school, bureaucratic security and intelligence establishments’ knack to be REACTIVE rather than PROACTIVE, innovative. As a result of this inertia, scores of Nigerian citizens are randomly murdered, kidnapped daily. While the Nigerian security agencies are overwhelmed, helpless and bereft of pragmatic solutions to the security challenges, the government of the day is strongly averse to taking responsibility; buck-passing and finger-pointing are its stock-in-trade.

Pipeline Vandals Kill Seven DSS Operatives in Lagos, Escape With Corpses

About Seven operatives of the Department of State Services had been reportedly killed in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Department of State Security (DSS) ''Uncovers Cache of Dollars in Akwa Ibom Govt. House” (UPDATED)

The State Security Service (SSS) on Thursday uncovered “stockpiles of United States dollars” from the Akwa Ibom State Government House in Uyo, the state capital, during a surprise raid, top security sources have told PREMIUM TIMES.

DSS Drags Ex-NSA To Court Over 'Illegal Possession of Firearms'

Sambo Dasuki

The Department of State Services (DSS) has taken Sambo Dasuki, immediate past national security adviser, to court for alleged possession of unlicensed firearms.

BREAKING: Buhari Fires SSS DG, Ita Ekpenyong, Appoints Replacement

Ita Ekpenyong

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General of the State Security Service, Ita Ekpenyong.

DSS Allowed Back Into Aso Rock After Heated Arguments

PERSONNEL of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and men of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) posted to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to protect President Muhammadu Buhari nearly exchanged blows on Monday at the Presidential Villa as the DSS personnel attempted to gain access into the offices.

President Buhari’s ADC Formally Requests For The Withdrawal of DSS Personnel from Aso Rock Villa

Abuja — Despite rebuttals by the Presidency that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) were not ordered out of the presidential villa, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal that the Aide-de-Camp, ADC, to the President has formally informed the DSS that its personnel would no longer provide close body protection for the President as they are being replaced with men of the Nigerian Army and Police personnel “who were trained as Presidential Bodyguards.”

Aso Rock Villa Security: Authorities Reject 253 DSS Operatives Deployed To Protect Presidency

Authorities of the Nigerian presidency are said to have rejected 253 Department of State Services (DSS) security operatives assigned to protect the presidency.

The operatives were redeployed from several areas of the federation to work with the Presidency but were rejected on getting to Aso Rock. According to their redeployment signals that emanated from the service’s National Headquarters, the officers were directed to report at the Presidential Villa last week Monday. However, the officials, armed with signals showing specifically where they would man in the Presidential Villa, were however turned back on arrival. They were directed to ensure that they return to their respective former duty posts across the country the following day (last week Tuesday).

One of the operatives who was transferred from one of the states in the South-West, complained that all of them were left to their fate without any transfer allowance. He said that only one of the operatives was retained for reasons unknown to him.

 
Source: TheStreamNG.com

Nigerian Security Operatives Invade Home of Reuters’ Correspondent in Bayelsa

Men from the Department of State Security (DSS) over the weekend invaded the home of the Niger Delta correspondent of the Thomson Reuters in the Niger Delta, Mr. Tife Owolabi, for alleged espionage.

Nigerian Government Negotiated With Fake Boko Haram Representatives - DSS

Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government negotiated with fake members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in its bid to proffer solution to the scourge of terror that has bedeviled the nation since 2009.

Fingerpointing Narrative: Nigeria Police Blame DSS For Bungling Aminu Ogwuche Case

The police authorities have rejected responsibility for the bungled prosecution of the alleged mastermind of the April 14 Nyanya bus station bombing, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche.

Department of State Security Seizes Arms in Akwa Ibom State

The Department of State Service, Akwa Ibom State Command, has seized arms and light weapons stockpiled to disrupt the 2015 elections in the state.