Tag: NIA
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Ikoyi cash: Ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife’s whereabouts unknown as arraignment fails
Former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director-General Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife Folasade were absent at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday as their arraignment failed to hold. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was billed to arraign them before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. The case was also not formally listed for the…
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Former NIA DG Oke, wife leave Nigeria as trial commences today
Investigations have revealed that a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade may have left the country. According to reports, Oke, who was to be arraigned along with his wife by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today (Friday), left the country last week “for medical reasons”.…
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PDP urges NIA, DSS, Interpol to track down ‘on-the-run’ Oshiomhole
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and INTERPOL to track down “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 State Services (DSS) over alleged corruption charges”. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports PDP…
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Sacked NIA acting DG approaches court for reinstatement
A former acting Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Mohammed Dauda, who was sacked from office, on Wednesday filed a suit before the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, asking the court to reinstate him to his former position. Dauda, a director of the agency before he became the acting head from November…
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Buhari appoints two new top officials for NIA
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of Ambassador Apollonius Demenongu Agev and Kio Solomon Benibo Amieyeofori as Deputy Directors-General (DDGs) at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Details of the new appointees were not provided beyond the explanation that Mr. Agev is from Benue State in the North-Central geopolitical zone while Mr. Amieyeofori is from…
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Why EFCC, NIA, DSS will continue to clash – National Security Adviser, Monguno
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has given reasons the country’s intelligence agencies would continue to clash. Monguno said the clashes will continue unless the National Security Agencies Decree 1986 is amended. The retired General was quoted in a report of the Senate ad-hoc committee that probed the clash between officials…
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Missing $44m NIA funds: EFCC grills Buhari’s man, Kingibe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have spent the course of two days quzing one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ally, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babagana Kingibe. The former SGF was quizzed on Wednesday and Thursday last week by a special team of the anti-graft body. In a report published by…
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Reps probe Magu behind closed doors over missing NIA’s $44m
Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Ibrahim Magu was earlier today interrogated by the House of Representatives committee on public safety and national intelligence over allegations of missing $44 million in the coffers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Magu’s session with the committee led by Hon. Aminu Sani Jaja,…
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Reps summon Buhari’s man, Kingibe over missing NIA’s $44m
The House of Representatives has summoned former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Presidential Review Panel, Babagana Kingibe. Recall that same Kingibe was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to lead Presidential Review Panel on National Intelligence Agency, and played a pivotal role in the Buhari’s appointment…
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NIA Directors write Reps, insists Buhari’s newly appointed DG misfit, unqualified to led agency
Some directors of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have written to the House of Representatives Committee on Security and National Intelligence to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to drop Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the new director-general of the agency. Writing for and on behalf of Concerned Directors of the National Intelligence Agency, they used pseudo…