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“I as a retired General and a former Head of State have always known about our soldiers. They are capable, they are well trained, patriotic… brave, and always ready to do their duty in service of our country. But in the matter of this insurgency, our soldiers have neither … Read more via...

The Federal Government came under criticism yesterday over its suppression of unarmed #RevolutionNow protesters. The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the last general elections, Omoyele Sowore, had called for a mass protest against the alleged misgovernance of the …...

Omoyele Sowore, chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC and convener of "Take it Back Movement; was on hunger strike for more than 48 hours, since his arrest by the operatives of the Department of State Services in Lagos on Saturday..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2GOb4ws...

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has asked Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana (SAN) and other Nigerians who condemned the arrest of leader of ‘RevolutionNow’, Omoyele Sowore to retrace their steps. In a statement on Monday by its chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, August 5, 2019 thanked all Nigerians, who intentionally neglected calls on social media to join a phantom ‘revolution march’ but instead went about their businesses.... Read more via Pulse Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2yFZzTk Get More Nigeria Political...

A former Politics Editor at Daily Trust newspaper, Ibrahim Dan-Halilu, has been arrested by the Department for Security Service (DSS) in Kaduna for allegedly supporting the activities of RevolutionNow in a Facebook post..... Read more via The Trent Newspaper – https://ift.tt/33ekr24 Get More...

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has appealed to the Federal Government to release the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (ACC), Omoyele Sowore.... Read more via Pulse Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2T6yhii Get More Nigeria Political News

Security forces have fired teargas at protesters in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos Monday morning. The Revolution Now protests called for by activists had been expressly outlawed by the police who.... Read more via Africanews – https://ift.tt/2ZxFqdP Get More Nigeria Metro News

Nbek Laureate Wole Soyinka has described the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), as a replay of the style deployed by Sani Abacha, late dictator. Sowore, who has been spearheading calls for a “protest against bad governance”, was arrested by...

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it arrested Omoyele Sowore, ex-presidential candidate, because he threatened the public peace and safety with his planned protest. In the middle of the night Saturday, agents of the service invaded Sowore’s residence and took him into custody. Before...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has banned Monday’s planned ‘#RevolutionNow’ protest in the state. Activist, Omoyele Sowore is the convener of #RevolutionNow protest. He has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS.... Read more via Naijaloaded –...

The Presidency has released a statement this evening saying elections are more appropriate for a change of Government than revolution. This is coming a day after Omoyele Sowore was arrested at his home.... Read more via Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2OExUwI Get More Nigeria Political News

In its first statement on the planned ‘revolution march’ tomorrow, the Nigerian presidency has ignored the detention of Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate and.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2MwUEMG Get More Nigeria Political News

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has described the excuse given by the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed for the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, Publisher.... Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/31k8Cpj Get More Nigeria Metro News

The head of legal team of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Tope Akinyode says operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) has denied him access to Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, August 3, 2019. The publisher of the … Read more via Pulse...

Organisers of the #RevolutionNow protest set to be staged on Monday August 5th, have said that the programme will hold as planned despite the arrest and detention of its leader, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was arrested by the Department of State services at about 1:25 am on Saturday. … Read...

The Organizers of the #RevolutionNow Protest have announced that the Protest will go on as planned despite the arrest of its leader, Omoyele Sowore... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2yCi8rE Get More Nigeria Metro News

Atiku Abubakar, former Nigerian vice-president has condemned what he described as “kidnappings in the guise of arrests”. In a cryptic post suspected to be linked to the early morning arrest and.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2YKgHWs Get More Nigeria Political News

Nigerians are calling for the release of human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, following his arrest by operatives of the Department of State Services. Using #Freesowore hashtag on Twitter, many Nigerians slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for trying to use the DSS...

Sowore was said to have posted a distress tweet at exactly 1:25 am to announce his arrest. The publisher of the news website, SaharaReporters and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 presidential election has been arrested by security agents believed to …...