POLITICS: DSS Shuts Down Asari Dokuo's Facebook Account

SPOKESPERSON to the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari, Rex Ekiugbo Anighoro, yesterday alleged that the Facebook account of Asari Dokubo has been disabled by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement yesterday to inform the media of the development, titled: “Buhari and APC: Depotism and the Confiscation of Freedom of Expression: Time Bomb Waiting to Explode”, Asari’s spokesman said, “The eclipse of freedom of expression is now abysmally manifest.”

POLITICS: Goodluck Jonathan Dumps Dickson, Funds Timi Alaibe’s Campaign

BARELY two weeks after former president Goodluck Jonathan and wife, Dame Patience formally endorsed the re-election bid of Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, indications have emerged that the former president may have withdrawn his support for the incumbent chief executive of the oil-rich state. On September 8 when Governor Dickson declared for a second term, the former president openly endorsed him in a mega-rally at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, the state capital.