Omoyele Sowore

Nigeria’s Justice Minister to DSS: Hands off, handover Sowore’s case

…directs immediate transfer of case file to his office   Amid smearing embarrassment and condemnation on the rearrest and trial of Omoyele Sowore...

Sowore: Presidency endorses his re-arrest by DSS

  …insists he wants to overthrow government Few hours after the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, was re-arrested by the Department of State...

Sowore’s re-arrest: U.S. State Department reacts

…respect rule of law, judicial independence, U.S. tells FG   …why we re-arrested Sowore — DSS   A groundswell of condemnation has continued...

DSS invasion of court: It’s time you intervene, SERAP tells U.S. President Trump

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has reacted to the rearrest and physical assault of the Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore,...

Sowore: U.S. to Buhari: America is watching, the world is watching

… it’s unacceptable, U.S relations with Nigeria may be reassessed in light of these events   “The United States is watching and the...

Saharareporters publisher Omoyele Sowore released from detention

    Sahara reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore was released from detention late Thursday afternoon after spending more than 100 days  in DSS custody....

Sowore: Soyinka calls FG’s disobedience of court orders thuggish, disdainful

For the umpteenth time, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he is incensed by the Federal Government’s continued disobedience of court orders and judgments. Alluding...

Court slams DSS with N100, 000, orders release of Sowore within 24 hours

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, slammed the Department of State Services (DSS), with the sum of N100, 000 over its delay...

Sowore, Bakare challenge FG’s fresh application, says transfer to prison contemptuous

The convener of #RevolutionNow protest and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-detainee, Adebayo Bakare, in a notice of preliminary objection filed...

U.S. Congress to DSS: Stop harassing, detaining journalists, activists

    …obey court orders, Nigerian constitution   …continued detention of Sowore, others, use of force affecting Nigeria’s image   The Congress of...

Amal Clooney Call for Sowore’s Release

    The Clooney Foundation for Justice, on Friday issued a statement demanding Omoyele Sowore be freed on bail.   The plight of...

After 100 days in custody, Sowore slams N500m suit against DSS for rights violation

After more than 100 days in custody, Omoyele Sowore, the Convener of #RevolutionNow movement and publisher of SaharaReporters, has slammed a N500 million...

YEMI ADEBOWALE: WHY NOT LEAVE BICHI AND DSS ALONE

Since the Omoyele Sowore Saga, I have read several commentaries and recently, attacks on the DSS. A more recent one was that of...

Court reduces Sowore’s bail terms

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, denied the bail application filed by the convener of #RevolutionNow protest and publisher of...

Update: Sowore, Bakare get N150m bail

Falana hopeful of early bail perfection   By Kunle Akinsola   Another Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bails to the...

Optimism, despair as Nigerians observe 59th Independence Anniversary

by Kunle Akinsola Nigerians have expressed mixed feelings about the 59 years of nationhood with some belying pessimism about the nation’s growth and...