DSS Boss Meets Tinubu Amid Rising Security Threats

Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, has met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to brief him on the country’s worsening security situation following a spate of abductions and attacks, particularly in northern Nigeria.

Special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post yesterday, noting that Ajayi met with the president on Friday night.

Although details of the briefing were not made public, officials said discussions centered on the recent wave of kidnappings of schoolchildren and coordinated security responses.

The federal government has reportedly established a joint task force involving all security agencies to intensify search operations for abducted schoolchildren across the northern region.

President Tinubu had earlier directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State to oversee rescue efforts.

Meanwhile, international attention is mounting over the situation. United States President Donald Trump has offered assistance to Nigeria in tackling the resurgence of school abductions. The offer followed a meeting in Washington between U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

The development came shortly after the U.S. designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” and Trump threatened consequences over the alleged persecution of Christians.

Public outrage has grown in Nigeria following multiple attacks on schools in recent weeks. On Friday, gunmen invaded St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Niger State, abducting hundreds of people.