TheNational Intelligence Agency (NIA) is a Nigerian government division tasked with overseeing foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations.

Fulfilling one of the promises made in his first national address as president, in June 1986,Ibrahim Babangida issued Decree Number 19, dissolving theNational Security Organization (NSO) and restructuring Nigeria's security services into three separate entities under the Office of the Co-ordinator of National Security.^[1][2]

• State Security Service (SSS) – Responsible for domestic intelligence
• National Intelligence Agency (NIA) – Responsible for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations
• Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) – Responsible for military intelligence.

• Nigeria: NIA: 20 Years of Service
• Nigeria: The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) At Twenty - A Tribute

Valentine Tobechukwu Achumhttp://sunnewsonline.com/nia-ecowas-and-nigerias-national-interest/

• Government of Nigeria
• Nigerian intelligence agencies
• Government agencies established in 1986
• 1986 establishments in Nigeria

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