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Amnesty International condemns arrest, asks FG to drop charges against Sowore, others
Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, and four others. In a series of tweets on Saturday, it called for the immediate release of the activists and demanded that the charges against them be dropped. The group said Sowore and others were unlawfully…
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Police fail to produce Sowore in court say no vehicle
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was unable to produce Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore in court today because of lack of transport vehicle. Sowore, who is being held by the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) based on court orders, was expected to be brought before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone…
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Sowore, others remanded again as court adjourns ruling on bail application
A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has fixed January 8, for ruling on the bail application filed on behalf of Mr Omoyele Sowore and four others. Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello fixed the date on Tuesday after listening to the application for bail moved by the lawyer to the defendants, Marshal Abubakar and the opposition by…
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Photo: Sowore arrives court in handcuffs
Omoyele Sowore has arrived at the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja wearing handcuffs. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello is expected to hear the bail application filed on Sowore’s behalf. Sowore on Monday, January 4, was arraigned alongside four others by the Federal Government on three charges of…
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JUST IN: Sowore, four others sent to Kuje Prison
A Magistrate court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore and four others at Kuje Correctional Centre. This is pending when there formal bail application will be heard tomorrow, January 5, 2020. We have been sent to The infamous Kuje Prison for the next 24 hours while they plot…
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Falana to sue police, over arrest, torture of Sowore
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said the Publisher, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has asked him to sue the Nigerian Police for torturing and violating his fundamental human right. Sowore was arrested along with his friends for leading a “crossover protest” in Abuja. He accused Nigerian police of violating his human right. In…
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Sowore spends New Year day in police custody for organizing protest
Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists spent the wee hours of the New Year in police custody for organizing a protest in Abuja. Sowore had before his detention, sent out a series of tweets calling on Nigerians to join him on a protest against the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari He…
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Court summons Sowore over alleged fake report against IGP
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu’s prayer in the N10 billion suit filed against Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, to appear before it over an alleged false media report. Justice Binta Mohammed, in a ruling, granted the I-G’s plea filed by his lawyer, Alex Izinyon,…
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Court rejects Sowore, Bakare’s appeal against bail conditions
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has struck out the appeal jointly filed by politicians and promoter of an online publication, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore and his associate, Olawale Bakare. In a ruling on Wednesday, a three-man panel of the court upheld the preliminary objection filed against the appeal by Aminu Alilu of the Federal…
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People made billions from #EndSARS negotiations -Sowore
Publisher of Sahara Reporter, Omoyele Sowore has averred that some individuals have made billions of naira from the negotiations to put an end to the nationwide protests. Sowore, said this in a tweet on Wednesday in reaction to reports that prominent business leaders and some social media influencers had entered into negotiations. He tweeted, “I…