₦airaland Forum

donroxy: He was a warrior who despite being an Appointee as well as BoyBoy of the President, He stood Up and told GEJ,PDP and the whole Nigeria the unfathomable Truth !!!

That is what Intelligence agencies do and not Just PotBelleing,Whorism and drinking Beers !!

donroxy: I'm fine too !!

Naptu seems to be defending the Intelligence agencies

I assume they are actually trying but their Job is never completed until the badguys are taken away from our polity ....

Abi Oby, what do u feel ?

donroxy: Kudos to you Naptu as I envisaged U would give me a Superb Response Nonetheless, The Job Of security Operative whether in covert/Open Operations is only complete after Thorough Investigation;Arrest;Prosecution and Most Importantly Persecution which enables the Ops to take the BadGuys/Terrorists outa our street ........


The Security Operatives are Major stakeholders in Democracy as such,they must help enshrined Rule of Law in our Polity within democratic values ............ But, what do we have from them ? , they have been reduced to Political Machinery/Tools Instead of BackBone of a Nation !!!


I wish we have more Azazis !!!

naptu2: Suspected Hezbollah operatives.

https://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/news-page-images-480-wide/page_images/news/2013/Lebanese-terror-cell-suspects-504x336.jpg

https://en.africatime.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/photo-articles/hezbollah_suspects_0.jpg?itok=WtemMCAI

naptu2: Weapons found at Mr Fawaz's house in Kano.

https://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2013/06/Nigeria-Hezbollah.jpg

naptu2: State Security Services (SSS) operatives taking arrested member of the Iranian Republican Guards to court
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donroxy: The question we should all ask is What is the Significance of African Intelligence ? in this Neo-colonialistic dispensation and not Just NIA,SSS,DMI blahblah ...


Naptu, the Question those guys are asking U is quite Understandable since NIA seems to be dormant also the entire Security Operatives and Channels, simply because of Politics which has destroyed all Institution s of Governance !!!


NIA is quite under Utilised !!

ocelot2006: I guess my mention of the foreign service school is amusing to you. I'll explain.


Yes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs owns the Foreign service school that trains all our diplomatic attaches. But the school equally trains NIA agents and Military officers assigned as Defence Attaches (from DIA), with the aim of prepping them for their roles in the diplomatic service. It's similar to the Americans were Special Forces operators from JSOC are trained by officers from the State Department. BUT the NIA does NOT report to the minister of foreign affairs AT ALL. They report solely to the office of the National Security Adviser. The Ministry is simply used as a cover. Even their vehicles use the Foreign Affairs plates.


And yes the office of the DG is filled by an Ambassador. It is no different from the NDLEA that was lead once by an Army Officer seconded from Defence HQ or a Police COMPOL from FHQ. But all field operatives are recruited from the best in the Armed Forces, Police Force, and the SSS, with ananlysts and support staff from the civilian sector.

naptu2: I'm going to spell it out (my question was actually directed at Ocelot, that's why you didn't understand it).

The NIA deals with foreign intelligence (while the SSS deals with domestic intelligence).

Intelligence officers (spies, etc) are usually attached to embassies. This enables them to carry out their work "legitimately". In the example I gave, the Russians will not arrest the "Cultural Attache" because he has diplomatic immunity. His position as "Cultural Attache" is a legitimate reason for him to be in Moscow. Spies without such cover are routinely arrested and jailed or executed, while the "diplomat spy" is simply expelled from the country.

It is in order to create greater synergy between the spies and the diplomats that the NIA is domiciled in the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The title "ambassador" is actually a civil service rank in the foreign ministry ( the same way you have "general" in the armed forces or "director" in most ministries). He doesn't have to be an ambassador to another country. The DG of NIA must have attained the rank of ambassador (if you think about it, that means that a "diplomat spy" might actually be the head of the NIA, but of course you won't know). These are career diplomats.

However, the NIA is not just a diplomatic organisation. It is a security agency. Therefore, it takes instructions from the National Security Adviser and prepares security reports that are submitted to the National Security Adviser.

Basic: Now, I don't understand the rationale behind blurring an armed robber's picture to hide his face.

beejaay: who is this cant you just go back to school gate and wait for ASUU to call of strike?

crackhaus: Your question is double-ended, I don't understand it!

However, I assume the administrative headquaters of the NIA is within Nigeria, along with the office of the DG in it, so what's the purpose of an ambassador in charge sitting in-toto as the DG/

Mustay: Naptu2, perhaps you'll do well to "archive" this motor car!!! Who knows, in the future it can serve as a reference in your posts

ocelot2006: Do you really think it's easy passing thru the foreign service school and rising up to the position of Ambassador?

ocelot2006: Wrong. The NIA is supervised by the Office of the NSA and recieves it's funding from there, not the Foreign service. It is also a member of the Joint Intelligence Board were intelligence is collated and analysed before being forwarded via the NSA to the National Security Council. The ministry of foreign affairs is basically used as a cover.