Tag: sowore
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Sowore meets bail condition, to be released from DSS custody
Information reaching TNG has it that the convener of #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore may be released from the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) any moment from now. His lawyer, Femi Falana, has been spotted at the headquarters of the DSS in Abuja to effect the release. A Federal High Court in Abuja…
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Sowore endured difficult times trying to speak up for a better Nigeria- Banky W
Musician turned politician, Banky W has reacted to the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the Department of State Services to immediately release pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, on bail. TheNewsGuru recalls that Omoyele Sowore, a co-convener of the RevolutionNow movement was granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday. The…
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Why Sowore was not released yesterday – Falana
A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana has said that the Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, was not released yesterday by the Department of State Services (DSS) because his international passport, which the court asked him to deposit, was in Lagos. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High…
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How I was maltreated in DSS detention —Sowore
The co-convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, who has been in the detention of the Department of State Services since August 3, 2019, has accused the DSS of maltreating him. “I was abducted in the middle of the night. I was taken to one of your facilities in Lagos. I was beaten up, rough-handled on…
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#RevolutionNow: Sowore’s wife accuses DSS of cutting off phone contact husband
Opeyemi Sowore, wife of detained activist and Publisher of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore, said she and her two children have only been able to speak with him twice, by phone, since his arrest on 2 August in Lagos. “The calls were heavily monitored,” Opeyemi Sowore told NorthJersey Record. After she gave an interview to U.S.- based…
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Charges against Sowore: Buhari-led govt now at unprecedented level of paranoia — Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says the Muhammadu Buhari administration has attained an “unprecedented level of paranoia” following the charges of treason filed against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a statement on Saturday, Soyinka said the nation had failed to learn from past experiences. He said, “This is utterly depressing news. So,…
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Don Jazzy, Adekunle Gold, others react over new charges against Sowore
Nigerians all over were shocked about the news of Federal Government slamming a fresh seven-count charge against detained political activist and convener of the RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore has been accused of treason, money laundering and cyberstalking President Buhari. Reacting to the new development, singer, Adekunle Gold said, ‘I really don’t want to…
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#RevolutionNow protest: FG charges Sowore with money laundering, treasonable felony
The Federal Government on Friday charged the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, with treasonable felony and money laundering. Sowore, promoter of an online media platform – Sahara Reporters, who was also presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the last presidential election, is charged along with Olawale Bakare, also known as Mandate, in…
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Tell Buhari to release Sowore, Kanu urges UN
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the United Nations to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to release the convener of #Revolution now#, Omoyele Sowore and the Shiites leader, Sheikh El-Zakzaky. IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said the demand formed part of the issues Kanu raised in a…
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Sowore seeks bail in fresh court application
In a fresh application filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, Mr Omoyele Sowore, Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, who is being held by the Department of State Services, has asked for bail in liberal terms. Sowore filed the fresh application on Friday after his failed bid to have the court hear his earlier one…