Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has raised an alarm that The Department of State Services (DSS), was planning a fresh charge against the convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. On Monday, Falana who’s the lawyer to the Publisher of Saharareporters, raised the alarm on Monday while speaking on channelstv program. On Wednesday […]
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Top Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Department of State Services (DSS) is plotting to file a fresh charge against Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement. Falana who spoke during a Channels TV programme on Monday, said the aim of the fresh charge is to further detain the publisher of SaharaReporters. Recall that […]
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Founder of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore who is also the Convener of the RevolutionNow protest, and his Co-defendant, Oluwole Bakare, has met their bail conditions. Recall that both of them, we’re charged with treasonable felony amongst other offences. A senior legal practitioner and Human Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), had said this to the Federal […]
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A Federal high court situated in Abuja, led by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, on Monday made a review of the bail conditions of the convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Ijeoma while speaking earlier on Monday, during a motion filed by Sowore, she stated that the bail can only be reduced to the sum […]
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A High Court (Federal), sitting in Abuja has granted Omoyele Sowore, founder of Saharareporters and the co-convener of the RevolutionNow protest, bail. The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, granted him bail in the sum of 100 million naira, and in addition two sureties (Friday 1st October). According to Ojukwu the prosecution failed to show good […]
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The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has said the Federal Government is playing (obvious) politics with Sowore’s detention. This was in a statement by it’s Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin,, said since inception of the Buhari led administration, the number of Federal Government detainees were increasing by the day, adding that the situation is affecting the image […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered that Omoyele Sowore be remanded in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody, pending his bail hearing on Friday 3rd October 2019. Mr Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, while speaking on his bail application, urged the Court to allow Sowore to continue with his bail, which was earlier granted to […]
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The Presidency has said it’s premature to weigh into Sowore’s prosecution with the Department of State Services (DSS). This was said on Saturday, by the Spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, in an interview with Channels Television, during a program, Politics Today. He said Sowore’s issue is unraveling within the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria will, on Monday, arraign Sahara Reporters publisher and convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. He is to be arraigned on seven counts of treasonable felony, money laundering and cybercrimes which was instituted against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. […]
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Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow protest, has met the bail conditions and has been released to go home. His legal practitioner, Mr Femi Falana, was spotted at the DSS headquarters Today. Falana who at about 4pm spoke with a correspondent of THE PUNCH via a telephone conversation said “I am currently in their headquarters […]
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