President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, as substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The new Director General is a retired career Foreign Service officer, who untill his appointment served as Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations. Abubakar had extensive experience working with the United Nations in peace support operations, mediation-process, preventive diplomacy and good offices, as well as the promotion of good governance and respect for the rule of law and human rights. He also briefly served…