DSS releases Sowore, returns his passport after arrest in Lagos
The Department of State Services, DSS, released former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore shortly after he was picked up. The Activist…
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Insecurity, policing, the military, banditry, kidnapping and terrorism across Nigeria.
BREAKING: DSS arrests Sowore on return to Nigeria
The Department of State Services, DSS, has reportedly arrested popular activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was said to have been arrested upon his return to…
“APC has not said anything” – Families of young men killed by Okpebholo’s convoy lament
The families of the young men killed by the convoy of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo have lamented that they are…
JUST IN: DSS orders arrest of former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore
A Department of State Services (DSS) memo that officially orders the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, upon his return to Nigeria, has been leaked. The memo, signed…
Bandits Attack Security Convoy in Zamfara, Kills 8 personnel
Five police officers and three soldiers were killed by bandit during a deadly ambush on Thursday morning in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The…
DSS, Police Take Over Ilesa Palace Over Rumoured Demise of Oba Adekunle Aromolaran
Security operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force have taken over the palace of Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle…
Banditry: Only five guns in police armoury in Katsina LGA with 200 villages – Governor
The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, says that despite the gravity of insecurity in his state, a police station in a local government area has…
Three Police Officers Arrested Over Kwara Poly Student Murder
Three Nigeria Police Force officers have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a student at Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin, Kwara State. The…
DSS releases NLC president, Ajaero, on bail
The Department of State Services has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the…
BREAKING: DSS takes over SERAP Abuja office
Officers from the Department of State Services have taken control of the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP described the action as…