The new Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Adeola Ajayi, has said the agency would step up covert operations in gathering intelligence and confronting national security. Ajayi said the DSS would also scale back on media operations. President Bola Tinubu had appointed Ajayi on August 26, 2024 following the removal of Yusuf Bichi and assumed office on August 28, 2024. However, addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Ajayi said the security agency needs to concentrate on its core mandate of covert operations so as to strengthen national security rather than being seen …