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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 …

PETROLEUM SMUGGLING RESPONSIBLE FOR NAIRA INSTABILITY, ECONOMIC WOES – NSA RIBADU The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has raised the alarm over the increasing smuggling of petroleum products out of Nigeria, warning that the instability in the foreign exchange market would persist unless addressed. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at a stakeholder engagement for Operation Whirlwind, organised by the …

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 …

APC POSTPONES NATIONAL CAUCUS MEETING INDEFINITELY The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed indefinitely its scheduled National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings slated for Wednesday and Thursday, September 11 and 12, respectively. APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, who announced the development in terse statement on Monday night, said new dates for the meetings will be communicated …

NULGE CHAIRMAN SLUMPS, DIES WHILE WAITING TO BUY FUEL The persistent fuel scarcity in the country has claimed another casualty as the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) chairman in Akure South local government of Ondo State, Oluwatuyi Olasoji died few days after collapsing while waiting to buy the Premium Motor Spirit. According to a local tabloid in the …