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  1. NIA Director-General Ahmed Rufai Abubakar Resigns, Notifies Tinubu of Departure

    Nigeria NIA Director-General Ahmed Rufai Abubakar Resigns, Notifies Tinubu of Departure

    Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General of Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency (NIA), resigned unexpectedly on Saturday, submitting his letter to President Bola Tinubu. The reasons for his resignation are undisclosed, sparking speculation about internal agency issues and its impact on...
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    Metro EFCC slams $205.9m fraud charge on ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife – Newtelegraph

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed a four-count charge of alleged $205.9 million fraud on a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke and his wife, Folashade. Also, the anti-graft agency … Read more via Newtelegraph –...
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    Metro Nigerian agencies placed on red alert over Chinese drugs containing human foetuses – Laila’s Blog

    The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has placed the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), NAFDAC and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on a red alert over a Chinese drug made with human flesh and organs. Investigations revealed that the capsules were filled with powdered flesh from dead …...
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    Politics House of Reps Begin To Investigate NIA Over Allegedly Missing $44m

    The House of Representatives has on Tuesday mandated its committee on national security and intelligence to investigate reports of $44 million allegedly missing from the vaults of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The sponsor of the motion which led to this resolution, Rep. Douye Diri...
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    Politics Buhari replaces Ayo Oke with Rufai Abubakar as NIA DG – The Sun News

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, as the substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The appointment takes immediate effect. Abubakar, a retired career Foreign Service officer, till his appointment served as Senior...
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    Politics Ikoyi Cash Scandal Will Be Prosecuted Secretly - Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said those found guilty in the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ikoyi cash scandal will be prosecuted secretly, even as his administration plans to overhaul the national security architecture. Receiving a report of the panel established to review the...
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    Politics Buhari Resists Political Pressures, Set To Punish Babachir Lawal, Oke

    President Muhammadu Buhari has shunned pressures from political affiliates and set to punish the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke. DailyTimes reported that the...
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    Politics After 3 Months, President Buhari 'Receives' Osinbajo's Report on Babachir Lawal, Oke

    President Muhammadu Buhari will today receive report of the investigative committee into the allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, headed by Vice-President Yemi...
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    Politics NIA Finance Officials Appears Before Osinbajo Panel

    The panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayo Oke has dispatched letters of invitation to some NIA officials demanding they appear before it on Monday (today). The invited persons were also asked to...
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    Politics Osinbajo Unfit To Investigate Babachir Lawal and Ayodele Oke - NLC

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared vice president, Yemi Osinbajo unfit to head the committee investigating the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke. General secretary of NLC...
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    Metro NIA Claims Ownership of Cash Found in Lagos Apartment – The Will

    The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is claiming ownership of the $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23, 218,000 seized Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from Osborne Towers, a luxury residential complex in Ikoyi, Lagos, owned by Mr. Adamu Muazu, a former governor of Bauchi...
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    World Gambia Arrests Yahya Jammeh’s Dreaded Spy

    Gambian police have arrested ex-president Yahya Jammeh’s dreaded former spy chief. A police source told AFP on Tuesday. Yankuba Badjie headed the National Intelligence Agency, which rights groups say carried out arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances and torture during Jammeh’s 22-year...
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