{"id":2817,"date":"2025-11-05T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:21:49","slug":"dss-dismisses-115-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed a total of 15 personnel as part of its ongoing internal reforms aimed at sanitising the agency.

In a statement on its official X handle on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the Service warned members of the public against dealing with the dismissed individuals.

\u201cAs part of the ongoing reforms in the Department of State Services (DSS), the public is hereby informed that a total of 115 personnel have been dismissed over a period,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\r\n

\"DSS

“In addition to earlier disclaimers on the duo of Barry Donald and Victor Onyedikachi Godwin, the Service finds it necessary to warn citizens of the fraudulent activities of some of these persons still posing as DSS personnel.

“Members of the public are therefore advised to desist from any official dealing with these individuals who have been dismissed by the Service.

\u201cFor the sake of clarity, the identities of the dismissed personnel have been published on the website of the Service.

“For requests, enquiries or complaints, the Service can be reached on 09088373515, or via email: dsspr@dss.gov.ng.\u201d

<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed a total of 15 personnel as part of its ongoing internal reforms aimed at sanitising the agency. In a statement on its official X handle on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the Service warned members of the public against dealing with the dismissed individuals. \u201cAs part of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDSS Dismisses 115 Personnel - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-05T11:21:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w1_1762282280.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"746\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34d95b457bd6c03953d3c5b1068fe0fa\"},\"headline\":\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-05T11:21:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/w1_1762282280.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/\",\"name\":\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel - Security Focus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/w1_1762282280.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-05T11:21:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/w1_1762282280.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/w1_1762282280.jpeg\",\"width\":746,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/05\\\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/main-light-1024x302-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/main-light-1024x302-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":302,\"caption\":\"Security Focus\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34d95b457bd6c03953d3c5b1068fe0fa\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Security Focus\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/securityfocus\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel - Security Focus","description":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel","og_description":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel","og_url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/","og_site_name":"Security Focus","article_published_time":"2025-11-05T11:21:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":746,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w1_1762282280.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Security Focus","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Security Focus","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/"},"author":{"name":"Security Focus","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/34d95b457bd6c03953d3c5b1068fe0fa"},"headline":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel","datePublished":"2025-11-05T11:21:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/"},"wordCount":181,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w1_1762282280.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/","name":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel - Security Focus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w1_1762282280.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-11-05T11:21:49+00:00","description":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w1_1762282280.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w1_1762282280.jpeg","width":746,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dss-dismisses-115-personnel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DSS Dismisses 115 Personnel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/","name":"Security Focus","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization","name":"Security Focus","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/main-light-1024x302-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/main-light-1024x302-1.png","width":1024,"height":302,"caption":"Security Focus"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/34d95b457bd6c03953d3c5b1068fe0fa","name":"Security Focus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Security Focus"},"url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/author\/securityfocus\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2823,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions\/2823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}