By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have on 27 December 2025, reportedly arrested the leader of a gang and one another, who kidnapped and murdered a prominent Professor of Neurology, Mrs Ekanem Philip-Ephraim in 2023, in Calabar, Cross River State. The gang leader, Patrick Essien Etim, 23,…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Hope has been rekindled in Otite, near Okene in Kogi State, as the long-stalled trial over the 2012 Deeper Life Bible Church massacre gains fresh momentum. Victims’ families, survivors, and community members have commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the re-arrest and swift arraignment of Abdulmalik Abdulazeez…
By Joe Udo ILORIN (CONVERSEER) – The Department of State Service (DSS) has taken into custody a medical doctor who was ferrying drugs from Sokoto to kidnappers in parts of Kwara State. The doctor (name withheld) was intercepted in Jebba area following intelligence reports about the activities of the kidnappers and their couriers. The secret…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday in Abuja arraigned a social media user, Innocent Chukwuemeka, who used his “X” handle to canvass for a coup in Nigeria. Chukwuemeka was slammed with a six-count charge bordering on false publication to cause public alarm and cyber stalking by a…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Two days after securing the sentencing of a leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Hussaini Ismaila, to 20 years imprisonment for terrorism, the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday in Abuja arraigned the suspected mastermind of the 2012 attack on Deeper Life Bible Church, Okene,…
By Joe Udo ILORIN (CONVERSEER) – A Nigeria Police officer, Ibrahim Muhammad, has regained his freedom after spending three months in captivity following his abduction by armed bandits in Patigi, Kwara State. According to Zagazola Makama, Muhammad was rescued by the Department of State Services (DSS) on 9th November at about 5:00pm. Converseer reports that…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has awarded N20 million as compensation to Chineze Ozoadibe and five other individuals wrongfully arrested. This was disclosed by the DSS Director-General, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi. The development has received commendations from Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), and a jurist and visiting Professor…
Abuja, Nigeria – Internal and external intelligence agencies are probing how Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan secured access to the recent Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York without proper nomination. According to PREMIUM TIMES, a high-ranking administration official, together with two top security officers, confirmed that both the Department of State Security (DSS) and…
Calabar, Nigeria – In a bid to strengthen security and foster collaboration among law enforcement agencies, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has embarked on the rehabilitation of structures and construction of roads across all security commands within the state. This significant move reflects the administration’s commitment to enhancing security infrastructure to…
Mr Val Obienyem, Media Adviser to Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has denied rumours that the former governor of Anambra State was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) at his home. Unconfirmed reports were suggesting that Obi and his wife, Margaret, had been detained. However,…
