•Beijing is using technology products, markets, and training to secure influence with U.S. security partners, a IISS report finds. By Patrick Tucker Even if Washington succeeds in keeping allies and partners from importing Huawei telecom gear, that's just one of the many ways China is working to burrow into these countries' economies and
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Nigeria, UAE Harps on Military, Intelligence Cooperation against Terrorism
•Opens talk on MOU Jude Johnson Nigeria and United Arabs Emirates (UAE) has discussed how both countries can strengthen and leverage on military and intelligence sharing in the ongoing fight against insurance. The Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) has restated Federal Government's commitment to strengthening bilateral and multilateral
Professional Side of DSS Boss, Bichi
An alumnus of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied Political Science and graduated in 1981, he started his career in the Security Division of the Kano State Cabinet Office... He is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence College where he was bestowed a Fellow of the
How Bichi’s DSS is Fighting Insecurity, Corruption in Nigeria
Nigeria’s secret police is the unsung hero of many successful operations The service till date prides itself in its biggest achievement, which is ensuring the indivisibility and indissolubility of the country by promptly addressing the various challenges to Nigeria's internal security. This constitutional provision has been upheld including being charged with
Regional Armies in Africa must ‘Share Intelligence’ to Defeat Boko Haram–ICG
By Isaac Mugabi Armies fighting Boko Haram militants around Lake Chad need to share intelligence to end the insurgency that has displaced 2 million people, a report by the International Crisis Group finds. The four countries of the Lake Chad basin — Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, plus Benin, formed a joint
Insecurity: Army to establish intelligence, information fusion centre in Kaduna
•Security administrators brainstorm, strategise on way forward Jude Johnson The Nigerian Army has concluded plans to set up a fusion centre for intelligence and information sharing in Kaduna State, in response to the prevailing state of insecurity at the North West part of the country ravaged by the activities of criminal gangs
NIA’s N13 billion fund: Time to return to sanity
By Babatunde Aladesanmi The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and its current Director General (DG), Ambassador Ayo Oke have been in the news for the past two weeks for justifiable or unjustifiable reasons, depending on which side of the divide you belong. Suffice to say that the NIA has been in existence
National security and the war on corruption: a case for protecting Nigeria’s national security from the pernicious actions of leakers
By Ishiaka Adamu Any sources and methods of intelligence will remain guarded in secret. My administration will not talk about how we gather intelligence, if we gather intelligence, and what intelligence says. That’s for the protection of the American people. President George W. Bush, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the
That NIA’s Black-Budget and Mysterious Whistle-blower
By Yushau A. Shuaib Preparatory to the daring and merciless military operations against Boko Haram members, top officers of security and intelligence agencies were in Lagos and Abuja, towards the end of 2014 to interact with critical stakeholders that matter in shaping public perception and opinions. The then President of Nigerian
NAF Jets pound Boko Haram hideout near Gwoza (Video)
...Jude Johnson The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) struck a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) location at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain general area about 10km Southwest of Gwoza in northern part of Borno State, North East Nigeria. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Famuyiwa said