President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the

National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and the Department of State Services, DSS.

Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed was named the new Director-General of the NIA

while Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS.

This was disclosed in a statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement

stated that Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the Foreign Service

since joining the NIA in 1995. He had served in various roles, culminating in his promotion

to the rank of Director and his subsequent appointment as the head of the Nigerian mission

to Libya. He graduate from Bayero University, Kano, and had served in North Korea,

Pakistan, Sudan, and at the State House, Abuja.

The statement noted that the new DSS Director-General, Mr. Adeola Ajayi, rose through

the ranks to attain his current post of Assistant Director-General of the Service. He had, at

various times, served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi.

The statement further said that the new appointments follow the resignation of the previous

NIA and DSS chiefs. President Tinubu expects that the new security chiefs will work

assiduously to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results and charges them

to bring their experience to bear in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the country

through enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and in surgical alignment with the

Office of the National Security Adviser.