By Idris Ahmed The Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has extolled the good virtues of the outgoing Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for his exceptional achievements especially infrastrural development and the rejigging of the state’s economy. In a commendation letter, personally signed and addressed to Governor Bello, Ambassador Abubakar congratulated […]
By Tunde Opalana To guard against incessant building collapses and attendant losses to lives and properties, the Nigerian Institute of Architects is set to sponsor a bill in the National Assembly to punish unprofessional conduct by practitioners in the built industry, Daily Times gathered. National President of the institute, Arch. Sunny Echono made this disclosure […]
…Asks Buhari’s, Presidency to produce APC chairman for prosecution The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and INTERPOL to help track down the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, believed to be on the run outside the country since his reported interrogation by the Department of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ambassador Apollonius Demenongu Agev from Benue State (North Central) and Mr. Kio Solomon Benibo Amieyeofori from Rivers State (South-South) as Deputy Directors-General (DDGs), at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The Secreatary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha made the announcement on Tuesday in a statement […]
Consequent upon frequent faceoff among operatives of security agencies in the country, the Senate has urged the Federal Government to intervene in inter-agency rivalry with a view to finding lasting solution. The Senate also called on federal government to properly coordinate the security agencies in their assigned responsibilities to avoid frictions that may result from […]
*House c’ttee clears new agency chief The House of Representatives Committee on National Intelligence and Public Safety has said that it is worried about the whereabouts of $202million out of the $289million intervention fund approved for the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) by the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration. Chairman of the House committee, Hon Sani […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend quizzed the former acting Director- General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Muhammed Dauda, Daily Trust reports. It was reported how another $44million in cash kept in NIA’s vaults in Abuja was removed to an unknown destination, two months after Ambassador Ayodele Oke was […]
Two days after the face-off between the operatives of the EFCC, SSS and the NIA, a group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Buhari to “urgently instruct the leadership of the SSS and NIA to allow anti-corruption agencies carry out their mandate without any interference whatsoever.” The group also condemned […]
The Senate on Wednesday condemned the crisis between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with both the Directorate of State Security, (DSS) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), following both attempt to arrest the former Director General of the DSS, Mr. Ita Ekpeyong and his counterpart in NIA, Mr. Ayo Oke. The federal lawmakers […]
The simmering inter-agency war between the anti-graft agency, Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on the one hand and the State Security Service, SSS, and the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, burst into the open early Tuesday when a combined team of EFCC officials and police officers attempted to arrest the former heads of the two agencies, […]
President Buhari cancels FEC meeting, receives report on suspended SGF and NIA DG today. Details later.
Expectations and suggestions for the incoming government of General Muhammed Buhari (rtd) continues to swell, as experts from different sectors across Nigeria are putting forward blueprints on how to revamp and consolidate critical sector of the country’s economy. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Insurance Industry over the years have been struggling to catch up with countries like […]