The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday gave the Department of State Service 24 hours ultimatum to release the Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu gave the order at the scheduled commencement…
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Police arraign man for posing as doctor (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command has brought before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court one Ebuka Duru for allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor. Duru was arraigned on Tuesday on four counts of…
Sowore, human rights and the rule of law – Wole Soyinka
It should become abundantly clear by now that Civil Society organisations, committed to the entrenchment of the Rule of Law and the defence of fundamental human rights must come together. This is not a new cry. They must meet, debate,…
Nigerian government accuses Sowore of transferring over $50,000 ‘illicit funds’ (Guardian)
Nigerian government Monday accused Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), of transferring $50,000 illicit funds Sowore was arraigned by the Nigerian government on seven charges bordering on an alleged…
Sowore must be released immediately – Court (Guardian)
A Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday ordered the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress. The court, however, asked him to deposit his international passport with it…
Concerns as activists plan fresh Free Sowore protests (Guardian)
Forty-seven days after the publisher of SaharaReporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, was whisked away from his hotel room in Lagos, right activists have finalised plans to begin another round of protests to press for his release by the Federal Government. Sowore,…
Again, Sowore applies for bail (Guardian)
Sahara Reporters founder and 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore has filed a fresh bail application to the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking to be released from detention. Sowore was arrested at about 11 pm…
Court refuses to grant Sowore’s application against detention order (Punch)
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by Mr Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of State Security. Justice Nkeonye Maya, who declined all applications by…
I’ve never visited Dubai, protest not coup -Sowore (Punch)
The convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday, disputed the allegation by the Department of State Services that he met several times with “foreign collaborators” in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries, to strategise on how to…
Sowore collected foreigners’ dollars to topple Buhari – DSS (Punch)
The Department of State Services has alleged in fresh papers filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja that the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, met with “foreign collaborators” in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries on…