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Binance Executive’s Escape: Ex-DSS Chief Questions NSA Office, Security Agencies, Tells Incredible Story

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2 years ago

March 31, 2024

Dr. seyi Adetayo, a security and intelligence expert, and retired Principal Staff Officer of the Department of State Services, DSS, has described as national embarrassment the manner a Binance executive, Nadeem Anjawallala, escaped from Nigeria ahead of his trial for alleged tax evasion and economic sabotage.

INFO DAILY reports that the Binance executive was arrested alongside his colleague for tax evasion and other offences on February, and kept in the custody of the National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu until March 22, when he escaped from the country during a Jumat service.

Commenting on the incident during an interview with Vanguard, Adetayo said for the suspect to have escaped from the Mosque and consequently sailed through the airport easily, some insiders must have helped to plan the whole process.

According to him, “it is purely an extraction operation carefully planned and sponsored using an intelligence asset domiciled in Nigeria, probably operated by a contract organization or a foreign government intelligence asset to remove the guy.

“Some of the information available clearly shows that this guy wouldn’t have found it so easy to get a passport and also be able to move through our airport without being detected.

“I have it on authority that he actually bought the ticket that he flew with at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport on that same day.

“For him to make such smooth movement, somebody must have planned it, worked out the details to ensure that the guy passed through the airport using the same name undetected; they must have checked that he was not on the watch-list; and they must also ensure an easy airline for him to use to get out of Nigeria.

“And there’s something about the airline that flew him out of Nigeria. From my experience, a lot of things used to go through that airline because the majority of the Lebanese fly through it, and there are lots of things that go on in the airport that you can just imagine.

“From the way he was able to move from the mosque easily, a vehicle probably trying to pick him up shows it is a well-planned extraction operation.”

The retired DSS chief also expressed dismay on why the Office of the NSA held the suspect in Abuja guest house rather than handing him over to the EFCC or the DSS for proper profiling and watch-listing.

He said: “I find it very hard to believe that the Office of the NSA would keep this suspect in its custody and not transfer the suspect to agencies like the EFCC or the DSS to manage and also watch-listing the suspect immediately considering the huge and enormity of accusations against them and seeing the difficulty getting an organization like Binance. What you are asking Binance to do is very big.

“The moment they provide the information, they are breaking away from what they have assured their customers, and they are going to lose credibility, customers and revenue. When you know you are dealing with such an organisation, I expect more tact from the Office of the NSA in this regard.

“Like others have said, this is not a call for the Office of the NSA; the office is bigger than this kind of operation and can provide all the support and give directives, but not personally, because when your agencies handle related tasks, you, as the Office of the NSA, supervise them.”

He also questioned the credibility and efficiency of security agencies by saying, “there’s something we need to actually look into which is the credibility, the efficiency of our security agencies.

“I think it’s actually going down in terms of employee productivity and the quality of personnel we have in the agency. I personally believe that even though Nadeem may not have been watch-listed, it is expected that officers at the airport should be conversant with what is going on in the country to be able to pick that name. This is not rocket science.

“And I am not saying something I haven’t done before. Some years ago, the government listed some people having questions to answer, and one of those people wanted to use a private jet to fly and I was on duty.”

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FULL LIST: US To Review Green Cards From 19 ‘Countries Of Concern’ After Washington Shooting

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1 day ago

November 29, 2025

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The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will review the immigration status of all permanent residents, or “Green Card” holders, from Afghanistan and 18 other countries following the attack on National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

U.S. officials identified the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting as a 29-year-old Afghan national who previously worked alongside American forces in Afghanistan.

The individual was granted asylum earlier this year, not permanent residency, according to AfghanEvac, an organisation that assists Afghans resettled in the United States after the Taliban takeover in 2021.

“I have directed a full-scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern,” said Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), on X.

The review follows a June executive order from President Trump classifying 19 countries as “of Identified Concern.”

The order banned entry for nearly all nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan. The full list of these countries is:

Afghanistan

Myanmar

Chad

Congo-Brazzaville

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Haiti

Iran

Libya

Somalia

Sudan

Yemen

A partial travel ban applies to seven additional countries, though some temporary work visas remain allowed: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

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Romanian Defence Minister Quits After Admitting Error In Academic Record

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November 29, 2025

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Romania’s defence minister resigned on Friday after saying he made a “mistake” on his CV about his university education, as controversy swirled over alleged lies on his resume.

Ionut Mosteanu – who has admitted to writing on his CV that he graduated from a university he never attended – said he did not want the row “to distract” the NATO member at a time when it and Europe are “under attack from Russia”.

Romania has repeatedly seen drone fragments fall on its soil since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and reported a number of drone incursions.

On Tuesday, a drone crashed in eastern Romania, which borders Ukraine.

Romania has also accused Moscow of “hybrid attacks”, including meddling in presidential elections last year that were subsequently annulled.

“Today, I resigned from my position as minister of national defence,” Mosteanu said in a Facebook post, adding he wanted the country to be focused on its “difficult mission”.

“Romania and Europe are under attack from Russia. Our national security must be defended at all costs,” he added.

Mosteanu had come under pressure after a media investigation published on Thursday revealed that he wrote in a CV that he graduated from a university which he did not actually attend.

That same day he apologised for what he called “a mistake”.

“In a CV I quickly put together in 2016 using a template I found online, there is a mistake that I admit embarrasses me. I didn’t pay much attention to these details at the time,” he said on Facebook.

Mosteanu was appointed defence minister in June of this year, when a new pro-European government was formed after months of political turmoil.

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said in a press release that he would propose economy and tourism minister Radu Miruta take over the defence portfolio in the interim.

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Russia Insists Ukraine Must Cede Land Or Face Continued Military Push

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November 27, 2025

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would end his Ukraine offensive if Kyiv withdrew from territory Moscow claims at its own — otherwise his army would take it by force.

The Russian army has been slowly but steadily grinding through eastern Ukraine in costly battles against outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces.

Washington has meanwhile renewed its push to end the nearly four-year war, putting forward a surprise plan that it hopes to finalise through upcoming talks with Moscow and Kyiv.

“If Ukrainian forces leave the territories they hold, then we will stop combat operations,” Putin said during a visit to Kyrgyzstan. “If they don’t, then we will achieve it by military means.”

Russia controls around one-fifth of Ukraine’s territory. The issue of occupied land, which Kyiv has said it will never cede, is among the biggest stumbling blocks in the peace process.

Another important issue in the talks are Western security guarantees for Ukraine, which Kyiv says are needed to prevent Moscow from invading again in the future.

Washington’s original plan — drafted without input from Ukraine’s European allies — would have seen Kyiv withdraw from its eastern Donetsk region and the United States de facto recognise the Donetsk, Crimea and Lugansk regions as Russian.

The US pared back the original plan over the weekend following criticism from Kyiv and Europe, but has not yet released the new version.

Putin, who has seen the new plan, said it could be a negotiation starter.

“Overall, we agree that it could form the basis for future agreements,” he said of the latest draft, which the US is thought to have shortened to about 20 points.

US negotiator Steve Witkoff was expected in Moscow next week to discuss the revised document, Putin said.

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is meanwhile due to visit Kyiv later this week, Ukraine’s top presidential aide Andriy Yermak said.

– ‘Little can be done’ –

In his remarks Thursday, Putin repeated the claim that Russia had encircled the Ukrainian army in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region — the most fiercely embattled area and a key target for Moscow’s forces.

“Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov are completely surrounded,” he said, using the Russian names for the cities.

Moscow was also advancing in Vovchansk and Siversk, as well as approaching the important logistic hub of Guliaipole, he added.

The Russian offensive “is practically impossible to hold back, so there is little that can be done about it”, Putin said.

Ukraine has denied Pokrovsk and Myrnograd are encircled, insisting its forces continue to hold the enemy along the front line.

Putin also questioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s legitimacy and said signing any agreement with him would be legally “almost impossible” at the moment, a suggestion that has drawn groans from Kyiv and its allies.

According to data analysed by AFP from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces have conquered an average of 467 square kilometres (180 square miles) each month in 2025 — a step up from 2024.

Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the worst armed conflict in Europe since World War II.

The war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee their homes.