Tag: sowore
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How Sowore almost ruined my family and I – Reno Omokri
Sometime in 2012, it entered my heart to give back to Nigeria. I had invited some White Christian missionaries to Nigeria, in August 2012, and we visited an orphanage in Abuja, the Hope For Survival Orphanage. I was so shocked by the cramped conditions under which the children lived, that I went out and cried…
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Akeredolu sacks Sowore
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has relieved Mr Allen Sowore, the Special Assistant on New Media to the embattled Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, of his appointment with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Akure by Mr Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and made available to newsmen. Ondo State…
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Court awards N1m against FG for disrupting Sowore’s #RevolutionNow protest
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday awarded N1mllion against the Federal Government for using the police to disrupt the August 5, 2019 #RevolutionNow protest. Justice Maureen Onyetenu awarded the sum in favour of a Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, who filed the suit. Besides the N1million award, the court also ordered the Federal Government…
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Abba Kyari: Presidency plotting to re-arrest me for leaking Covid-19 case in Aso Villa – Sowore
The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Nigerian Government is plotting to detain him revealing that Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, tested positive for Coronavirus. Recall that SaharaReporters had reported on Monday night that Kyari was ill and had contracted the deadly virus. In a message to…
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Court adjourns trial of Sowore, Bakare till April
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of the Convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned the trial until April 1 and 2 in a ruling on Wednesday following the objection raised by the counsel to the defendants, Femi Falana. A Federal High…
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UPDATED: Sowore, Bakare re-arraigned for treason
Mr Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare on Thursday pleaded not guilty to two-count amended charges levelled against them. Sowore and Bakare pleaded not guilty to two-count charges of conspiracy to commit treasonable felony and treasonable felony. The Prosecutor, Kayode Alilu announced preparedness to proceed with the trial but the defence team led by…
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Soyinka, Shehu Sani present in court for Sowore’s trial
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, and Shehu Sani are at a federal high court in Abuja to see the trial of Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement. Soyinka arrived about 8:50am, five minutes before Sowore arrived at the court. Sowore and Olawale Bakare, his co-accused, are standing trial on seven counts of treasonable felony, fraud,…
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#RevolutionNow Protest: Sowore’s trial resumes today
Hearing will continue today at the Federal High Court in Abuja in the trial against #RevolutionNow Convener Omoyele Sowore. On December 6, 2019, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned till February 11, 12 and 13, 2020, for definite hearing in the trial. But the court did not sit yesterday as Justice Ojukwu was sitting outside division. Sowore…
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Buhari: Let’s build on Dasuki, Sowore momentum, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon A reaction, by a journalist on Facebook, to my article of January 6, 2020, captioned: “2020-2023: Buhari and contacts with Nigerians,” tended to dampen the thrust of the piece: the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to regularly connect with Nigerians. Describing the feature as “a great piece,” the respondent said, “but what…
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Why we detained Dasuki, Sowore despite court orders – FG
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has explained that the Federal Government had the right to keep the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore despite court orders. Malami disclosed this when he appeared on ‘Good Morning Nigeria’, a programme of…