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BREAKING: Buhari appoints Yusuf Bichi as new DSS boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Yusuf Magaji Bichi as the new Director – General of the Department of State Services .
Garba Shehu , the President ’ s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity , who confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday , said the appointment is with immediate effect .
According to him , the appointee is a core Secret Service operative . The new DSS boss attended Danbatta Secondary School , the Kano State College of Advanced Studies and the Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria where he graduated with a degree in Political Science .
The new Director – General began his career in the security division of the Cabinet Office in Kano , from where he joined the defunct Nigerian Security Organization , the precursor of the present DSS.
He said Bichi had undergone training in intelligence processing analysis , agent handling recruitment and intelligence processing in the UK , as well as strategic training at the National Defence College .
In the course of his career , Mr . Bichi has worked as the State Director of Security in Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto and Abia States , ” he added .
He was at various times the Director , National Assembly Liaison , ( National War College ) , Director at National Headquarters in the Directorate of Security Enforcement , Directorate of Operations, Directorate of Intelligence, Directorate of Inspection and Directorate of Administration and Finance .
Bichi has also served as Director at State Service Academy.
( NAN )
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