Tag: Omoyele Sowore

The president explains the controversial removal of some staff from the office of the vice president.

The president has been on a 15–day "private visit" in the United Kingdom since November 2. He was due to ...

The president's flight was said to have taken off from Stansted Airport, London, at about 3:27 p.m. Nigerian time.

Many of the protesters carried placards calling for freedom for the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.

The secret police's headquarters was on Tuesday besieged by protesters seeking immediate release of Yele Sowore from illegal detention.

Mr Soyinka also called for coordinated response by civic groups on Mr Sowore's arrest.

At least three media houses have confirmed attacks on their reporters who were assigned to cover the demonstration.

The protesters marched to the Lagos headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS) around 10:25 a.m.

Nigerian activists besieged the SSS headquarters to demand the release of Mr Sowore from illegal detention on Tuesday.

The secret police has refused to comply with a federal judge order to release the Sahara Reporters' publisher.

Mr Sowore has been detained since his arrest in August for calling for a revolution against bad governance.

Associates arrived at the SSS headquarters early Saturday to collect of the newspaper publisher and activist, but were not attended ...

The SSS claimed that "no one had turned up to take delivery" of Mr Sowore after the federal agency confirmed ...

The State Security Service has not released the activist, two days after a federal judge sign bond for his release.

Omoyele Sowore's lawyer, Femi Falana, has threatened legal action against SSS over refusal to release the detained activist.

The defendant's lawyer says after the judge had signed Mr Sowore's release warrant, the SSS informed them they had closed ...

Omoyele Sowore, the Sahara Reporters publisher, is being tried by the Nigerian government.

Mr Sowore was arrested by Nigeria's secret police on August 3 ahead of a planned #RevolutionNow protest against the government.

The court on October 4 granted bail of N100 million to Mr Sowore and and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, N50 ...

"We will not rest until our media space has been rid of fake news and hate speech."

Police say they need time to travel around with the detained lawyer to “retrieve items that will be used in ...

Mr Sowore is facing trial for alleged fraud, treasonable felony and cyberstalking.

The Sahara Reporters publisher is returned to court for alleged "treasonable felony."

Mr Nwabia died while undergoing a blood transfusion in Lagos on Sunday morning. About 55 people gathered Tuesday evening for ...

The Sahara Reporters publisher who for years has campaigned for good governance, defied security agents to speak with journalists after ...