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 comes to the job with skills in intelligence gathering, research analysis, conflict management, general investigation, risk and vulnerability operations, counter intelligence and protective operation and human resources management.

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.

Bichi has also served as Director at State Service Academy.

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BREAKING: Buhari appoints Yusuf Bichi as new DSS boss

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