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 The Department of State Services (DSS) in Borno State, in collaboration with forest guards, has intercepted a large consignment of medical supplies allegedly intended for fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), following recent intelligence-led counter-terrorism operations in the North-East.   Security sources said the interception was made on Friday, June 5, 2026 in Kaga Local Government Area during a coordinated operation along a suspected supply route used by insurgent logistics networks operating within and around forested areas in the state.   According to the sources, the seized items include substantial quantities of pain relief medications, anti-malaria injections, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical products, alongside basic consumables believed to be part of battlefield resupply materials.   The sources further indicated that the consignment was linked to suspected attempts to replenish ISWAP fighters who reportedly suffered heavy cas...

  Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), and local volunteer forces have successfully foiled what could have been a devastating large-scale bandit attack on Bagna and Erena communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Credible security sources said the joint team acted on advance intelligence about the bandits’ planned assault on the communities on Tuesday. According to the sources, over 300 bandits, heavily armed with dangerous weapons and riding motorcycles, were heading towards Bagna and Erena when security operatives and vigilantes laid a successful ambush. “Over 300 bandits armed with dangerous weapons and on motorcycles were headed to the communities. Unfortunately for them, security operatives and local vigilantes, who had credible intelligence on their movements, ambushed them. Scores were killed while many others fled toward the Makuba and Allawa axis,” a security source disclosed. The bandits suffered heavy losse...

 Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a 25-year-old woman, Nafisa Usman, for allegedly trafficking ammunition intended for bandits operating in Katsina State. The suspect was apprehended at one of Kano’s major motor parks while attempting to transport approximately 200 rounds of brand new live ammunition, which she had allegedly purchased from Nasarawa State (Lafia area) for onward delivery to Kankara in Katsina State.aafb6c According to security sources, Nafisa Usman, who hails from Zango village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, concealed the ammunition inside sacks of garri (cassava flakes) and rice to evade detection. She was intercepted based on credible intelligence following her arrival in Kano from Nasarawa.a958d4 DSS operatives described the suspect as a specialist courier who supplies ammunition to criminal elements, including bandits and terrorists active in the North-West region. The arrest underscores concerns over the inc...

  Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth suspect linked to the deadly 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, bringing a significant breakthrough in one of Nigeria's most shocking acts of terrorism. The suspect, identified as Sani Yusuf—a high-profile commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)—was captured in Iguosa community, along Powerline in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Security sources described the arrest as the culmination of years of intelligence-led surveillance and persistent tracking, with Yusuf having evaded capture for nearly four years since the June 5, 2022, massacre. In the attack, gunmen stormed the church during Sunday Mass, killing over 40 worshippers and injuring dozens more in a brutal assault that drew widespread national and international condemnation. The DSS is already prosecuting five other suspects—Idris Omeiza (25), Al Qasim Idris (20), Jamiu Abdulmalik (...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) is set to arraign former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on February 25, 2026, at the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged cybercrime offences and breach of national security. The three-count charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026, was filed by the DSS following El-Rufai's recent appearance on Arise TV's Prime Time programme on February 13, 2026. During the interview, he reportedly admitted to knowledge of — and involvement with individuals who allegedly — unlawfully intercepted phone communications belonging to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Key allegations in the charge include: Admitting to unlawfully intercepting the NSA's phone communications, in violation of Section 12(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2024. Failing to report known individuals involved in such interception to relevant security agencies, contrary to Section 27(b) of the same Act. Using t...

  A senior Department of State Services (DSS) investigator on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the suspects accused in the June 5, 2022, terrorist attack on St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, were deliberately funded, armed, and mobilised by their handlers. Testifying as the 9th prosecution witness under a protective identity (coded as SSI), the deputy director in charge of terrorism investigations—who led the DSS probe into the incident—detailed how the attackers, linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), executed the assault that left at least 41 worshippers dead and over 140 injured during a Pentecost Sunday Mass. According to the witness, intelligence and technical tracking traced the perpetrators to an ISWAP cell operating across Okene and Adavi Local Government Areas in Kogi State, as well as Omielafa and Omielege in Ose LGA of Ondo State. The cell was coordinated by a commander known as "Odoba," who issued direct ord...