Tag: NIA
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Suspended NIA DG did not shed tears – Presidency
The Presidency has condemned media reports that the suspended Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayo Oke, cried during his visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who spoke on the incident in Abuja on Thursday, described…
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Photos: Suspended NIA DG, Ayo Oke denied access to VP’s office
Shortly after announcing his suspension from office as the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), by President Muhammadu Buhari, Amb. Ayo Oke was pictured trying to get through to the Vice President’s office but was denied entry by security operatives. TheNewsGuru.com reports that this was after the just suspended Secretary to the Government of…
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Wike, NIA battle over ownership of N13bn seized by EFCC
Controversies surrounding ownership of the N13bn ($43.4m, N23m and £27,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, took a dramatic turn on Friday evening when Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the National Intelligence Agency claimed ownership of the money. The National Intelligence Agency on Friday said…
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NIA admits ownership of seized N13bn, says Jonathan approved it
The ownership of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218, 000 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos was unraveled yesterday with the admittance of ownership by the National Intelligence Agency, NIA. Recovered Money This revelation which came at a time the ownership of the funds was a subject of…