Tag: Omoyele Sowore

The Nigerian activist was arrested on Saturday.

The arrests add to a growing cases of repressive acts by Nigerian state agents.

"This (attack on free speech) is worrying, especially in a country where insecurity is demonstrably on the increase, and the ...

The journalist narrates his experience in the hands of the police.

The journalist was arrested for ventilating about the hardship Nigerians experience daily across the country.

The SSS on Sunday confirmed that Mr Sowore is in its custody.

Earlier on Monday, the police dispersed members of the coalition from the National Stadium with tear gas.

As early as 8 a.m., the protesters started to assemble at the stadium in Surulere but met a battery of ...

The Abuja leg of the protests has been hampered by a prolonged downpour that started at dawn across the capital ...

The facility is reportedly said to be the meeting point for the March organised by the presidential candidate of African ...

More than 20 police patrol vehicles are stationed at the two main entrance to the stadium.

Mr Sowore's arrest has been condemned by prominent Nigerians including Wole Soyinka and Femi Falana.

While the killings recorded in July were not up to 353 recorded in June, kidnapped victims rose from 60 in ...

The governor said he has directed security agencies to arrest anybody who would be involved in the protest.

Mr Sowore was arrested on Saturday by armed officials of the State Security Service, SSS, for calling for a revolutionary ...

"We underwent identical cynical contrivances under the late, unlamented Sani Abacha."

Government accuses the group of promotion of tweets that call for the overthrow of the Nigerian constitution.

The secret police arrested the Sahara Reporters publisher on Sunday.

The group ridicules the police for throwing around allegations of terrorism without any facts whatsoever.

The police chief ignores outrage over Mr Sowore's arrest and asks Nigerians to stay away from the protest or risk ...

The groups said the arrest of Mr Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the last general ...

The former vice-president and opposition figure warns against erosion of Nigeria's democratic ethos.

Omoyele Sowore was arrested by suspected SSS agents on Saturday morning in Lagos.

"The fact that someone has won an election as president does not mean he will be immune from criticism or ...

The Sahara Reporters publisher was arrested at midnight on Saturday.