DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO.(PHOTO).

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 DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO The Department of State Services, DSS, says it has intercepted a major weapon shipment from Niger Republic in Sokoto State, recovering 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines. In a statement, The operation in Dawakawa, Goronyo Local Government Area, followed sustained intelligence surveillance targeting suspected arms traffickers. The Service also reports increased use of female couriers to transport weapons, with fourteen women arrested between February 2025 and November 2026 across several states. The latest arrest in Zamfara involves a suspected female courier, found with twelve grenades and two ammunition belts. The DSS says it will sustain intelligence-led operations to dismantle illegal arm networks and prosecute those involved.

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NASIR NAEEM ABDULSALAM AS MD, AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 PRESIDENT  TINUBU APPOINTS NASIR NAEEM ABDULSALAM AS MD, AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY 


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,  has approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the Managing Director, Ajaokuta Steel Company.


The appointment takes effect from 3rd April, 2025 and  is in accordance with the provisions of the Certain Political and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) Act 2008 as amended. 


Until his appointment, Nasir served as the Technical Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Steel Development as well as the Special Assistant (Academics) to Director General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) .


President Tinubu tasks the appointee to leverage on his wealth of experience in the steel industry in his new assignment in revolutionising the company to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities that will position the nation as the industrial hub of Africa in line with the diversification drive of the Renewed Hope Agenda.


Segun Imohiosen


Director, Information & Public Relations

for: Secretary to the Government of

the Federation

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