This is in line with Section 12 of the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2020 (ACT 1030).
The Director-General of the National Intelligence Bureau in a publication in the Daily Graphic newspaper on Monday, November 23, 2020 asked the public to take note of the change in name which is with “immediate effect.”
“The Bureau of National Investigation wishes to inform the general public that, per Section 12 of the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2020, (ACT 1030), the Bureau is now named the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU with immediate effect.”
“All are to take note accordingly,” the public notice said.