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Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has insinuated that that travails of activist, Omoyele Sowore, are self-inflicted. The Federal Government, on Friday, September 20, 2019, filed seven counts of treasonable felony and money laundering against Sowore.... Read more...

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the charges against Omoyele Sowore as a confirmation of the Buhari-led administration’s unprecedented level of paranoia. Revealing that he first dismissed the report as fake news, Soyinka added that ‘Sowore’s Issue’ has moved beyond harassment...

Oby Ezekwesili has lashed out at President Buhari over the continous detention of Omoyele Sowore which she described as unconstitutional. Also reacting to the charges against the #RevolutionNow convener which includes treason and insulting President Buhari, the former Minister of Education...

The caretaker Chairman of Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, better known as MC Oluomo, has reacted to the criticism that trailed his invitation to an event at the University of Lagos..... Read more via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/30cGA2J...

Several persons have become political prisoners in Nigeria since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power. These are some of those people. Since assuming office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has arrested and.... Read more via The Trent Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2NXzbx2...

A Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, who has been in police detention for over a week, over a report about an alleged diversion of N500 million by the Cross River governor, has been charged with treason... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2ZEZxdA Get More Nigeria...

Activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has revealed that Sahara Reporters Publisher and Former AAC Presidential Candidate, Omoyele Sowore is sick and reportedly being denied treatment.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2Lz3mIj Get More Nigeria Political News

Some topless women have taken to the street to protest the continued detention of pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore. The elderly women from the home town of Sowore in Kiribo, Ondo State, went topless and carried different placards asking for the release of Sowore on Friday. Sowore was...

Detained human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has told the Department of State Services that he has never been involved in any act of terror and that there is no evidence anywhere linking him.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/30Ei4Eb Get More Nigeria Political News

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to give him a date for hearing in his application regarding Mr Omoyele Sowore’s, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests detention.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/31VslMk Get More Nigeria...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the Department of State Services, DSS and the Inspector-General of Police, IG to appear before it on September 4, over the arrest of SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and other persons in connection with the August 5, … Read...

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the Department of State Services and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before it on September 4 over the detention of Omoyele Sowore, co-convener.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/33OT5zE Get More Nigeria...

Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), not only believes that no responsible government will entertain calls for revolution, but insists that nobody can cause uprising in Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on the...

Human rights lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje has dragged the federal government before the Federal High Court over the clampdown on ‘Revolution Now’ protesters, who claimed to be demanding better governance in Nigeria. In a suit filed before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Ikoyi Division of the Court...

Senator Shehu Sani has told President Muhammadu Buhari not to rubbish Nigeria’s democracy with his dictatorial tendencies towards those opposed to his leadership style. The senator described the action of the government towards peaceful protests as worrisome, adding that protests were a...

ABUJA- Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Femi Falana, on Friday, filed a motion to challenge the legality of the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja that gave the Department of State Service, DSS, permission … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Coalition For Revolution (CORE), a group led by detained 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and its allies, have vowed to resume protests demanding revolution in Nigeria. Co-convener of the group, Mr. Olaseni Ajai, made the announcement to...

Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, has accused an activist, Omoyele Sowore, of treason and plotting to destabilise the country. Mr Sowore was arrested on Saturday for calling for a revolution against bad governance. He had planned a series of protests across Nigeria to start from last Monday...

Is it constitutional for a judge to order the detention of a citizen for 90 days as provided under the Terrorism Prevention Act? Activist-lawyer Femi Falana SAN said yesterday that it is time to find out. Falana said the detention of the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, has...

The EU has given a response following the arrest of Omoyele Sowore by the DSS. The European Union says protests remain a cardinal part of democracy as long as they remain peaceful.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2MN1KNe Get More Nigeria Metro News