State Security Service (Nigeria)

Department of State Services
Agency overview
Formed5 June 1986; 38 years ago (1986-06-05)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionNigeria
HeadquartersAso Drive, Abuja, FCT
09°04′27″N 7°30′35″E / 9.07417°N 7.50972°E / 9.07417; 7.50972
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executive
Key documents
  • National Security Agencies Act of 1986 (Decree 19)
  • Presidential Proclamation; SSS Instrument I of 1999
Websitewww.dss.gov.ng
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The State Security Service (SSS), self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS),[1] is a security agency in Nigeria and one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO). The agency is under the Presidency of Nigeria, and it reports its activities direct to the President, office of the ONSA, headquartered in Abuja.

  1. ^ "Fact-Check: How Nigeria's secret police, SSS, is violating the law and illegally parading itself as DSS - Premium Times Nigeria". 26 August 2016.