{"id":59637,"date":"2025-01-16T01:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59637"},"modified":"2025-01-16T01:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:37:05","slug":"tinubu-appoints-adekaiyaoja-as-first-female-dss-deputy-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/16\/tinubu-appoints-adekaiyaoja-as-first-female-dss-deputy-dg\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Appoints Adekaiyaoja as First Female DSS Deputy DG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has appointed Folashade Adekaiyaoja as the first female Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), marking a historic milestone in Nigeria\u2019s intelligence community.<\/p>\n<p>Adekaiyaoja, who hails from Kogi State, is the first female operative to attain this position.<\/p>\n<p>While the Presidency has yet to make an official announcement, sources indicate that the appointment aligns with Tinubu\u2019s push to reorganize the DSS for enhanced efficiency and professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>According to insider reports, National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu recommended Adekaiyaoja for the role through DSS Director-General Oluwatosin Ajayi.<\/p>\n<p>The move is also seen as a step toward improving career progression for operatives within the service.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, Tinubu directed security agencies to develop strategies for improving service delivery, and Adekaiyaoja\u2019s appointment is considered a crucial step in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>The president has also pledged to equip the DSS and other security agencies with AI-powered technology to combat insecurity effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent\u00a0 President Bola Tinubu has appointed Folashade Adekaiyaoja as the first female Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), marking a historic milestone in Nigeria\u2019s intelligence community. Adekaiyaoja, who hails from Kogi State, is the first female operative to attain this position. While the Presidency has yet to make an official [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59639,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59637\/revisions\/59639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}