The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is a Nigerian government division tasked with overseeing foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations.
History
Fulfilling one of the promises made in his first national address as president, in June 1986 Ibrahim Babangida issued Decree Number 19, dissolving the National Security Organization (NSO) and restructuring Nigeria's security services into three separate entities under the Office of the Co-ordinator of National Security
The NIA was formed in 1994 following South Africa's first multi-racial elections. It was created to take over from the domestic intelligence segment of the then National Intelligence Service (NIS) with the foreign intelligence functions being taken over by the South African Secret Service (SASS). Both the SASS and NIA were created as part of the Intelligence Act of 1994. They were created out of the six intelligence organisations consisted of the NIS, Department of Intelligence and Security (ANC), Pan African Security Service (PAC), and the three intelligence services of Venda, Transkei and Bophuthatswana. These two new organisation's would consist of a total of 4000 people with 2130 from the NIS, 910 from DIS (ANC), 304 from Bophuthatswana Intelligence and Internal Security Service (BISS), 233 from Transkei Intelligence Service (TIS), 76 Venda National Intelligence Service (VNIS) and rest from the PASS (PAC).
National Intelligence Agency (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The Agence Nationale de Renseignements (ANR) is a government intelligence agency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The role of the agency is to ensure "internal security and external security" of the state. The agency was strongly criticized for the disrespect of human rights by several organisations. Inzun Kakiak has led the agency since 2011.
History
Background
In 1993 the administrative director of the Service national d'identification et de protection (SNIP) was Admiral Mavua Mudima, now Defence minister in the 1996-97 Kengo wa Dondo government. In November 1993 Admiral Mavua was replaced by his assistant, Mr. Goga wa Dondo, a half-brother of prime minister Kengo wa Dondo. Mr. Goga wa Dondo was replaced in November 1995 by his assistant, a Mr. Atundu (first name unknown).
On Tuesday, February 13, 1996, Zaire handed to the Rwandan government rusting artillery pieces, troop carriers, arms and ammunition seized from fleeing Hutu former Rwandan government troops at the end of Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Zairean Defence Minister Admiral Mavua Mudima handed over the weapons in a ceremony near the northwestern Rwandan border with Zaire. The weapons included two 105mm howitzers, one without its barrel, four anti-aircraft guns and six dusty French-made armoured personnel carriers with flat tyres and smashed windows.
Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with its 2011 presidential elections being viewed as the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.
Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980. The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".
For context and better clarity, the DSS is Nigeria’s primary domestic intelligence agency, which plays a critical role in national security and intelligence gathering ... The agency understandably ...
...Agency (NITDA), Nigeria Financial IntelligenceUnit (NFIU), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and other relevant government agencies, to refrain from engaging in any dealings with the delisted members.
... (DSS) and NationalIntelligenceAgency (NIA), respectively ... The DSS is Nigeria’s primary domestic intelligence agency, which plays a critical role in national security and intelligence gathering.
Unlike the previous cases where importers of light weapons and their accomplices in the NigeriaCustoms Service were jailed, EjioforAlike writes that the customs should collaborate with the ...
There are ongoing interrogations involving soldiers tasked with monitoring Anjarwalla, with multiple agencies such as the police, the military, the Department of State Services, and the NationalIntelligenceAgency being engaged in the process.
Moreover, NITDA’s agency has played a pivotal role in nurturing AI development in Nigeria through projects like the NationalCentre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR) and crafting the National Artificial Intelligence Policy.
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Colorado Springs Gazette
26 Aug 2024
Colorado Springs Gazette
26 Aug 2024