There is tension and uncertainty in Rivers State over the conduct of the local government election in the state scheduled for today. The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the command would comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which restrained the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) from participating in …

By the time the Department of State Services (DSS) released Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, last Monday evening, he had become contrite, remorseful and perhaps ashamed of his uninformed action. The labour leader was invited twice by the secret police and twice he failed to honour the invitation. As I learnt, during the second invitation, Ajaero even …

A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Dennis Amachree has argued that since the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Joe Ajaero is under investigation for alleged terrorism financing and related offences, he is not supposed to leave Nigeria. As guest of Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday night, Amachree said: “There is an …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, announced his release in a tweet on Monday night. “BREAKING: The fascist regime of @officialABAT has released the @NLCHeadquarters President Joe Ajaero from @OfficialDSSNG custody …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a Monday midnight to the Federal Government to unconditionally release its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, or face dire consequences. NLC has therefore fixed a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for Tuesday, 9 am to take appropriate response if Ajaero was not released. In a communiqué at the end of its National Administrative Council …

Operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) have arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. According to PUNCH Online, Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment. The NLC president was billed to attend the Trade Union Congress (TUC) …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Directors-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). While Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed will be in charge of the NIA, Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is to report at the DSS. Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995. He served in various …

The Department of State Services (DSS), has released Adejuwon Soyinka, a former editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, after detaining him for hours at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. This came as the International Press Institute (IPI), Nigeria, a global network of editors, media executives, and communication experts, intervened in the matter, leading to Soyinka’s release. Soyinka, who …

Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who is the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday. A distress message sent to  newsmen by one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom. …

Poland has denied that its nationals who were arrested by security operatives in Kano, Nigeria, waved the Russian flag. The detained Poles were arrested on 6 August  in Kano for allegedly displaying Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest held by some Nigerians against economic hardship in the country. Also arrested were six Spanish nationals. The spokesperson for the Department of …