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- 12 Jun 2019
DSS Arrests Social Media Users for Allegedly Inciting Violence
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested yet to be identified social media users who posted “inciting materials and misleading statements”, according to Peter Afunanya, DSS public relations…
- 8 Jan 2015
DSS Accuses APC of Plot to Hack into INEC Database
Department of State Services (DSS) has said that its findings from the search of the Lagos office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in November last year, alleging, among others, that the party…
- 26 Jul 2010
Interswitch Attains Payment Card Data Security Standard Certification (PCI DSS)
Interswitch, Nigeria’s premier switching transaction and electronic payment processing firm, has attained the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification. Thus,…
- 6 Jul 2026
DSS Spyware Acquisition Enables Illegal Wiretaps, Detentions – The ICIR
Department of State Services (DSS), statutory known as the State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria’s premier domestic intelligence agency has reportedly acquired spyware that enables it illegally…
- 7 Jul 2020
DSS Appeals Judgement on Buhari ‘s Daughter SIM Card Case
Department of State Services (DSS) has filed an appeal against a N10m judgment in the case involving the purchase of a SIM card previously owned by Hanan Buhari, President’s daughter. Justice Nnamdi…
- 16 Feb 2015
Banks Race to Comply with PCI DSS Version 3
Few months after money deposit banks in the country completed certification of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) version 2, they are now faced with new task of complying with…
- 18 Feb 2025
DSS Threatens to Sue AIT, Channels TV over Reports on ‘Invasion’ of Lagos Assembly
Department of State Service (DSS), has threatened Africa Independent Television (AIT), and Channels Television two prominent broadcast stations with lawsuits over ‘false and malicious reports’…
- 30 Oct 2018
DSS Raises Alarm as Fraudsters Clone Officials’ Facebook Accounts
Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm that some unidentified con artists were cloning the Facebook accounts of its senior officials to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.…
- 20 Feb 2019
DSS Battles CUPP over Phone Tap Allegations
Department of State Services (DSS) is fighting to clear its image after Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) alleged that that the agency is monitoring calls of members of the opposition.…
- 16 Aug 2026
Union Bank Nigeria Secures PCI DSS v4.0.1 Certification, Strengthens Payment Card Security
Union Bank of Nigeria has attained certification under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 4.0.1, effective Aug. 11, 2026.
- 9 Jun 2023
DSS Arrests Emefiele, Suspended CBN Governor
Godwin Emefiele, ousted governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). Godwin Emefiele, ousted governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria…
- 19 Jan 2021
Layer3Cloud Achieves PCI-DSS Certification
Layer3Cloud, an innovative provider of cloud services, has announced it has achieved certification to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Through Layer3Cloud’s compliance with…
- 10 Sept 2015
DSS Screens Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees
Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to Punch Newspapers. It was gathered that no…
- 12 Nov 2017
21st Century Technologies Partners Digital Encode for PCI DSS 3.2 Certification
By Ugo Onwuaso 21st Century Technologies Limited has achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS 3.2) certification, the most thorough global payment-card security standard…
- 13 Apr 2017
DSS Foils Attack on US, UK Embassies, Nabs 5 Suspects
Department of State Services (DSS) has foiled a plot by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-linked Boko Haram militants to attack British, American embassies and other western interests in Abuja.…
- 5 Aug 2018
Heritage Bank Achieves PCI DSS Version 3.2 Recertification
Heritage Bank Plc has successfully attained recertification of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 3.2, having achieved the International Organisation for…
- 1 Apr 2022
TAJBank Gets PCI-DSS Certification
TAJ Bank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest banking products and services provider, has received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification in recognition of its…
- 18 Jul 2019
Fraudsters Clone NYSC, NSITF Websites- DSS
Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday said its attention has been drawn to activities of some individuals cloning official websites of some government agencies and using same to defraud…
- 30 Mar 2023
I-Invest Obtains ISO 27001, PCI-DSS Certification
I-invest, a digital financial services platform, has achieved two vital certifications – the ISO 27001 certification and the PCI-DSS certification in its bid to protect its customers’ data. With ISO…
- 11 Nov 2016
Naira Makes “Miraculous” Recovery as DSS, EFCC Raid BDCs
The Naira on Friday strengthened against the dollar in all segments of the foreign exchange markets, as officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes…
- 3 Jun 2015
PCI Council Releases PA-DSS Revision
The PCI Security Standards Council has published Payment Application Data Security Standard Version 3.1. According to a press release, the new standard takes effect June 1, and aligns with the recent…
- 30 Nov 2014
Banks Miss Deadline on PCI DSS Certification
Seven money deposit banks in the country may have missed the November 30 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline to acquire Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards…
- 28 Jan 2020
Man Drags Buhari’s Daughter, DSS to Court over MTN SIM Card
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has fixed February 12, 2020, for the hearing of a suit filed by Anthony Okolie, a trader, against the Department of State…
- 25 Aug 2020
Hate Speech: DSS Is Better Than NBC
By Tonnie 0. Iredia History tell us that in most heterogeneous societies, multiple centrifugal forces make it easy for the fragile fabric that binds society together to give way at the slightest…
- 5 May 2026
Court Orders SERAP to Pay DSS Operatives N100m Damages Over Defamation
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has ordered the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to pay N100 million in damages to two…
- 14 Sept 2015
Buhari’s Ministers: DSS Screens Odimegwu, Falana, Others
Mr. Festus Odimegwu, former managing director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, and Prof. Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate, are among the ministerial nominees that have been screened by the…
- 6 Aug 2026
DSS Arraigns Eze for Allegedly Hacking, Stealing N800m from SunTrust Bank
Ugochukwu Eze, a 47 year-old man, was on Thursday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking into the server of SunTrust Bank to steal a total of N800m. Ugochukwu also known…
- 15 Apr 2024
Layer3 Achieves Recertification for ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, PCI-DSS and Nigeria Data Protection Compliance
Layer3, a provider of cloud and AI-driven network solutions in Nigeria, today announced the successful recertification for four internationally recognized security standards: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for…
- 16 Sept 2025
Omoyele Sowore Sues DSS, Meta, and X Over Alleged Unconstitutional Censorship
Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has filed two fundamental rights lawsuits at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Department of State…
- 10 Dec 2014
“My Watch”: Court Orders Police, DSS to Seize OBJ’s New Book
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, has been found guilty of contempt for publishing his memoirs “My Watch” by a high court of the federal capital territory. And the court has also…