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In a concerning development for press freedom in Nigeria, investigative journalist Adejuwon Soyinka has been detained by officers of the Department of State Security (DSS). Soyinka, who serves as the Regional Editor for West Africa at The Conversation Africa and is the former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was taken into custody at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in …

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Colleagues and associates of President of the Society of Digital Newspaper Owners of Nigeria (SDNON), Otunba Femi Davies, have called for his unconditional release from the Department of Security Services (DSS) in Abekuta, Ogun State capital. Davies is now being held incommunicado by the DSS according to the Vice President of SDNON, Seunmanuel Faleye. According to Faleye, Otunba Davies was …

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed as false reports by sections of the online media against its activities in recent times.

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The papers, which used their platforms to express varied views about the modus operandi of the Service include Vanguard, Daily Trust, The Sun, Tribune and Punch. While

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The Department of State Services (DSS) said on Thursday that two gunmen found with offensive weapons have been arrested in Kano state.

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A retired Army Colonel identified Col AU Suleiman (retd) has been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS), who led a gang, 20-year-old notorious kidnapper, and a gunrunner along side Barr. MK Aminu, Kabir Abdullahi, Isah Umar, Kadir Echi and Adama Abdulkarim.

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Following the tensions generated as a result of the just concluded general elections, the Department of State Service (DSS), has again, alerted the public of plans by some elements to violently disrupt the peace in the country.

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the arrest of two suspects for inciting violence in Kano State ahead of the governorship and states house of Assembly elections this Saturday. 

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has refuted as fake the news making the rounds that the Service invaded the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and effected the arrest of the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

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The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has uncovered plans by some politicians and disgruntled elements within and outside the government to sponsor campaign of calumny against its Director General, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, and some key officials over the Service’s uncompromising stance on some critical governance and policy issues.

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