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Singer, Seun Kuti has revealed that the federal government is yet to compensate or apologize to his family. Seun made this known during a recent interview. According to him, its a shame that... Read more via tooXclusive – https://ift.tt/2Peu0Zz Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has alleged that the Nigerian government ‘secretly’ asked the court to order his arrest. Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare are still standing trial on a two-count charge of felony conspiracy and felony by the Nigerian government.... Read...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday morning in solidarity with convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore..... Read more via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/38o1kVt Get More Nigeria Political News

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and a former Nigerian lawmaker Shehu Sani are at the Abuja High Court at the resumed trial of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore on Wednesday. Also in court is the former Chairman of the National Human Rights … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

The trial of Convener of the #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, was stalled today due to the absence of the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2w0YxDd Get More...

Human rights lawyer , Mr Inibehe Effiong, says the Department of State Services has arrested his client who is also a campus journalist , Ayoola Babalola, for allegedly publishing articles critical of the President, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) , and All Progressives Congress chieftain ...

A frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has tackled the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), for the Federal Government’s disregard to court orders and rule of law..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2QbZxfD Get More Nigeria Metro News

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has said Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, lacks powers to order the release of any detainee out of mercy.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ZELi6a Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Federal Government has given reasons for not releasing the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), in a statement issued yesterday, stated that the Federal Government...

The publisher of Sahara Reporters’ has been nominated for an honour award in the US. Omoyele Sowore was nominated by US lawmaker, Josh Gottheimer, for the Prisoner of Honour Award in the.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/3618EoH Get More Nigeria Metro News

Omoyele Sowore has been nominated to receive the Prisoner of Conscience honour from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States House of Representatives. The bipartisan commission is charged with promoting, defending and advocating for international human rights. U.S...

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, has revealed he holds no grudge against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over his incarceration for over four years before he was eventually released on Christmas Eve.... Read more via Olisa.tv –...

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has said that the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters Publisher, was not because he is a journalist. The presidential spokesperson said this in response to the depiction by foreign media that the...

The Presidency has come out to debunk claims that the President Buhari led administration is clamping down on the media, stating that his government has never detained a journalist. This was made … Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2MsgEra Get More Nigeria...

The United Kingdom government has commended the release of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore. The UK reacted through its Acting High Commissioner in Nigeria, Gill Atkinson..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/35UM7dn...

Belated. Face-saving. These were the words used to capture President Muhammadu Buhari’s release of a former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki and Sahara Reporters Publisher Omoyele Sowore from detention yesterday..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2EOARmD Get...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended the Federal government for releasing former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of RevolutionNow Movement, Mr Omoyele Sowore, describing the gesture as a Christmas gift.... Read more via Ladun Liadi’s Blog...

The convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has thanked Nigerians following his departure from the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS). Addressing some supporters in Abuja on his way from the DSS office, Sowore believes Nigerians prevailed on the Federal Government...

While many are jubilating over the release of Omoyele Sowore and Sambo Dasuki, the PDP is not too excited about the development. Spokesman of the party, Kola Ologbodiyan, said there was nothing to be excited about the FG’s directive to release these people.... Read more via Legit.ng –...

The Presidency says it is wrong for some international news outlets to have mistakenly been describing the release of the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, as that of a journalist. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the …...