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3 days ago
Justice Musa Suleiman Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), in the amount of ₦10 million with one surety of the same amount. The court also ruled that the surety must have verified landed property in the Federal…
4 days ago
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arraigned former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, over his 'controversial' comment on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. The police on Wednesday arraigned Sowore on charges of cybercrime before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court Abuja. Sowore had rejected a revised bail condition imposed…
27 Jan
Activist Omoyele Sowore has rejected a revised bail condition imposed by police operatives at the Force Intelligence Department (FID) on Monday, insisting on remaining in detention. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the FID, Dasuki Galandachi, interrogated Sowore at the Intelligence Bureau over a video he posted alleging that the police on Airport…
27 Jan
Activist Omoyele Sowore has rejected bail conditions imposed by police operatives at the Force Intelligence Department (FID) on Monday. Sowore was interrogated by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the FID, Dasuki Galandachi, at the Intelligence Bureau on Monday over a video he posted alleging that the police on Airport Road in Lagos…
23 Jan
Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore has been summoned by the police following a viral video he recorded, alleging police extortion at a checkpoint near Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The video, which has drawn significant attention on social media with nearly 917,000 views on ‘X’ and over 2.9 million views on TikTok, shows officers allegedly…
20 Jan
Political activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is being held by feudal characters. Sowore said this in reaction to a statement by former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, who cautioned against calls for Kanu's release. Kanu is being held in the custody of the Department of…
2 Jan
Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has criticised Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) flagbearer, for visiting former military president Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in Minna. On Thursday, Sowore expressed his disapproval of Obi's meeting with Babangida in a post on X. "How on earth could someone…
3 Dec
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has expressed disappointment over an allegation by activist Omoyele Sowore that it was covering the identity of the promoters of the recovered 753 duplexes in the Lokogoma district of Abuja. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement, said Sowore was undermining the efforts of the agency after achieving…
3 Dec
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the company suspected to be the owner of 753 units of duplexes in Abuja, flagged by its investigations, denied ownership of the estate following publications made in leading national newspapers. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who disclosed this in Abuja, noted that it was on the…
3 Dec
The Social and Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) and the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore has called for the release of activist Dele Farotimi. The Nigeria Police Force from Zone 2 Command in Lagos arrested Farotimi following a defamation petition. SERAP cautioned the Nigerian government against using criminal defamation…
2 Dec
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has knocked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for concealing the name of a former government official who forfeited 753 units of duplexes to the Federal Government. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie on December 2, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of an estate measuring 150,500…
19 Nov
Pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu, theatre practitioners, scholars and artists including an advocate for responsible policing and Executive-Director, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, Okechukwu Nwanguma, are among the Nigerian panellists and speakers for the 2024 Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre’s (C-SET) Festival of Arts and Discourse. The…
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