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FROM CHINA VIA UAE, JUNKETING PRESIDENT TINUBU LEAVES LONDON FOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK Nigeria’s junketing President Bola Tinubu will proceed from London, United Kingdom, to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, United States. The high-level meeting will draw Heads of State and Government from around the world to the UN Headquarters in New …

PETER OBI, WIFE NOT ARRESTED BY DSS – AIDE he Department of State Services (DSS) did not arrest Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the last election, Valentine Obienyem, his media aide, has clarified. There have been unconfirmed reports of Obi being arrested alongside Margaret, his wife. But in a statement released on Tuesday, Obienyem categorically dismissed the reports as …

OVER 200 INMATES, INCLUDING BOKO HARAM COMMANDERS, ESCAPE FROM MAIDUGURI PRISON AS FLOOD PULLS DOWN WALL No fewer than 200 inmates have escaped after a devastating flood pulled down a prison wall in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. An official of the Nigerian Correctional Center in Maiduguri told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that over 200 inmates escaped from the facility after …

DSS RELEASES AJAERO’S PASSPORT The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the passport of the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Some labour leaders, who confided in our correspondent on Tuesday in Abuja, said the secret police did not find anything incriminating against Ajaero. The DSS bowed to pressure from various quarters on Monday when it released …

WHY DSS INVADED SERAP OFFICE Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday raided the office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in Abuja to grill its directors over the 48-hour ultimatum given to President Bola Tinubu’s government, SaharaReporters can report. The organisation had given Tinubu’s government a 48-hour ultimatum to reverse the alarming and outrageous …

LP CRISIS; PETER OBI, ALEX OTTI ASK INEC TO RECOGNIZE NENADI-LED CARETAKER COMMITTEE The leaders of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti, have written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) notifying the commission of the appointment of 29-member Caretaker Committee for the party led by Nenadi Usman. The letter said the stakeholders meeting was held in …

ABACHA’S SPIRIT HAS TAKEN OVER PRESIDENTIAL VILLA – LAWYER In an apparent rebuke of Monday’s invasion of SERAP’s office, Abuja, by Nigeria’s secret police, SSS, a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has said that the spirit of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, has taken over the nation’s presidential villa. The officers were “unlawfully occupying SERAP’s office in Abuja, asking …

DSS INTERROGATED ME ON ALLEGED TERRORISM FINANCING INVOLVING BRITISH NATIONAL – AJAERO REVEALS WHY HE WAS ARRESTED The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has revealed details of his arrest and questioning following his release by the Department of State Services (DSS) after a 15-hour detention. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday at …

POLICE IGNORED OUR PETITION ON AJAERO FOR OVER ONE YEAR BUT STARTED ACTING AFTER THE PETITION WAS WITHDRAWN – AIR PEACE Air Peace has clarified its position regarding the recent arrest of Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), denying its alleged involvement in Ajaero’s arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS). Ajaero was arrested on Monday …

WE KNOW SPONSORS OF #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST – PDP The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disclosed that they know the sponsors of the #EndBadGovernance protests that rocked the country in August. Some Nigerians and groups took to the streets in many cities between August 1 and 10 to protest against the prevailing hardship in the country. Addressing a press …