President Buhari has approved the appointment of Ambassador Arab Yadam and Dr. Habibat Lawal as acting Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Secretary to the Government of the Federation S(GF) respectively.
The appointments were made to fill the vacuum created by the suspension of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, and the Director General of the NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke,
Ambassadro Arab Yadam, from Plateau State) is said to be the senior Deputy Director General among Oke’s two deputies while Dr. Habibat Lawal, from Bauchi State, is the most senior Permanent Secretary in the Office of the SGF. [myad]