List of Security Agencies in Nigeria and Their Functions
A security agency is a government institution that manages intelligence operations for a country’s internal security. They are the domestic cousins of foreign intelligence organisations, and they frequently engage in counterintelligence activities to hinder the foreign intelligence endeavours of other nations.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of a security agency’s function in your workplace or in your personal or financial security. especially now, in a time of widespread kidnapping, bloodshed, and riots like the one that has recently erupted in Nigeria.
In order to protect people’s lives and property and to defend national sovereignty, security agencies are essential components of every nation. In Nigeria, a number of security organisations carry out these functions.
STATE SECURITY SERVICE(SSS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY, DSS)
ROLES OF STATE SECURITY SERVICE
- maintaining the law and defending against all internal dangers, including organised crime, domestic terrorism, and support for terrorism, in order to maintain peace within Nigeria. financially.
- utilising methods, strategies, and military tactics to stop and prevent terrorism and insurrection within national borders.
- monitoring, gathering intelligence, and conducting criminal investigations while engaging in surveillance operations.
- safeguarding the families of the visiting Heads of State and Government, the President, Vice President, Senate President, House Speaker, State Governors, former Presidents, and high-ranking government officials
NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF)
ROLES OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE
- protecting against all internal dangers, including organised crime, domestic terrorism, and support for terrorism, and maintaining peace within Nigeria by respecting the law. financially employing techniques, tactics, and military measures to stop and prevent terrorism and revolt within the nation’s borders.
- Performing surveillance tasks that may include keeping an eye out for information, gathering it, and looking into crime
- Safeguarding the visiting Heads of State and Government, the President, Vice President, Senate President, House Speaker, State Governors, Former Presidents, and their respective families
NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF)
ROLES OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE
- measures to stop offences that could result in fatalities
- defending the material possessions and properties of Nigerian citizens by using methods to thwart theft and damage
- maintaining social order by ensuring Nigerian citizens follow the law in order to foster social cohesiveness, organisation, and stability
- Investigating thoroughly to find offences
- prosecuting offenders who violate national laws as mandated by The Police Act
enforcing the rules and regulations of the country as duly charged - fulfilling military obligations and other obligations as set forth in The Police Act by the Nigerian State
- employing techniques and tactics to achieve the goal of preventing crime in the country, carrying out the arrest of criminals and others who have disobeyed the nation’s established norms and regulations, and identifying those who are being held legally.
NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE(NIS)
ROLES OF NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
- distributing electronic passports to all state offices to speed up the issue of passports to passport applicants
- organising advanced training programmes for its employees to ensure efficient performance of necessary obligations
- implementing immigration laws and regulations under the scheme’s jurisdiction
enforcing entry and departure restrictions to prevent illegal immigration - carrying out the arrest of illegal immigrants and their subsequent deportation
maintaining thorough records of immigrants and emigrants surveillance and inspection of the nation’s borders to stop illegal immigrationissuing several visa kinds, including visiting visas, business visas, student visas, and visas for tourists, to anybody planning a trip to Nigeria at the many embassies across the world
ROLES OF NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
- Providing Emergency Travel Certificates (ETC) to bona fide Nigerians in the event that their foreign passport is lost, allowing them to return to Nigeria
- Nigerians intending to travel abroad are issued the requisite travel documents.
Applying mental agility to important tasks, such as keeping track of travel paperwork to assure compliance - strengthening connections with other law enforcement organisations to ensure the implementation and maintenance of law and order
- examining automobiles, boats, and aeroplanes to confirm use authorization in collaboration with Nigerian Customs
- encouraging communication with other countries by establishing consulate services worldwide
NIGERIAN ARMY (NA): LAND DIVISION OF THE NIGERIA ARMED FORCES
ROLES OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY
- supplying defence and security for internal use against, among other challenges, insurgency and separatist activity defending Nigeria’s borders from foreign attack
taking part in activities related to international security, such as peacekeeping and peace support missions. - preserving the country’s territorial integrity as directed by the President, assisting other civil agencies in reestablishing order.
- defending national resources and sites from vandalism the education of fresh soldiers
- fostering regional peace and harmony by taking action to support democratic institutions and quell tensions.
NIGERIAN NAVY (NN): PART OF THE NIGERIA ARMED FORCES
ROLES OF THE NIGERIAN NAVY
- putting into effect and assisting in the coordination of the federal and international laws attributable to Nigeria
enforcing and aiding in the enforcement of all customs laws and codes, particularly those pertaining to illegal gas pipeline vandalism, Nigerian fisheries, and immigration laws at sea. - training of people interested in joining the Nigerian Navy executing diplomatic rule management foreign policy, including, for example, negotiating from a position of strength, prestige, and manipulation to achieve objectives without resorting to force
establishing coordinates and charts for each national hydrographic survey
the performance of such tasks as may be requested by the Nigerian government.
NIGERIA DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (NDLEA)
ROLES OF NIGERIA DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
- enforcing national drug laws prosecuting those who break the nation’s drug laws
patrolling and keeping watch in public areas like airports, seaports, and borders to stop the flow of drugs tracking down and seizing money from the illegal drug trade - Sensitizing the public to the risks of drugs and drug usage in order to prevent drug abuse collaborating with global organisations to combat drug trafficking
pursuing drug-related crime leads monitoring and enhancing efforts made in the direction of drug research - eradicating narcotic plants and materials
NIGERIA AIR FORCE (NAF): AIR DIVISION OF NIGERIAN ARMED FORCE
ROLES OF NIGERIA AIR FORCE
- By the employment of cutting-edge maintenance techniques and a logistics support system, platforms and equipment serviceability is maintained.
protecting the nation’s integrity through manipulation and exploitation
assisting other armed forces in the nation in its defence
using the air space for intelligence gathering, observation, and reconnaissance in order to collect information for proper technique and disposition Building a disciplined, war-ready workforce in case of air combat
enhancing employee morale through increased personal welfare.
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ROLES OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
- conducting counterintelligence operations that put Nigeria’s national security at risk in order to stop opposition intelligence activities like espionage, sabotage, and assassination, among other things control over foreign intelligence.
NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE (NCOS)
ROLE OF NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE
- requiring those who violate or commit crimes to repent
- defending the public from criminals
- To ensure that breaking the law does not upset society’s peace, social imprisonment of offenders has been shown to be harmful to the society’s stability, organisation, and cohesion.
There is disagreement over whether certain security organisations should be categorised as secret police units. Depending on the nation and political system, different security agencies may employ domestic covert operations to influence politics. A few examples of such operations include assassination attempts, extrajudicial arrest and execution, as well as surveillance, infiltration, and disruption of oppositional organisations. While security agencies may be subject to a complex web of judicial and parliamentary responsibility in some nations, they may just report to a single leader or executive committee in others.