Restoring Trust And Strengthening Intelligence: The Quiet Transformation Of Nigeria’s DSS Under Adeola Ajayi

THISDAYLIVE | 28-09-2026 01:04pm |

Since assuming office as Director-General of the Department of State Services in August 2024, Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi has pursued an agenda built around five principal areas: law enforcement, inter-agency cooperation, institutional accountability, respect for human rights, and infrastructural and administrative reforms aimed at improving operational efficiency. The article, written by Cajetan Osisioma, notes that the DSS is an institution whose work is closely intertwined with national security, and that its leadership has chosen to make certain aspects of its institutional reform visible.

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