Omoyele Sowore.

Following the court order, which will keep him in detention for the next few weeks, Akani Alaka looks at the life and activism of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress and convener of #RevolutionNow. Under…

The security agencies succeeded in stopping what was billed to be a nationwide, massive protest against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration through a crackdown on the protesters and arrest of the leader of the initiative tagged…

Omoyele Sowore, Convener of #RevolutionNow protests, who is presently in detention, on Friday, approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking an order to vacate the ex parte order that gave the Department of State Service (DSS) the legal…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it has petitioned the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, over alleged repression of citizens by the Nigerian police. “We have sent an open letter to all…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the release of Omoyele Sowore, ex-presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), and 26 other persons arrested on account of the #RevolutionNow protest. The Department of State…

The Abuja division of a Federal High Court has granted the Department of State Services (DSS) an application to detain the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore, in their custody. The vacation judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo,…

Mr Bulus Dabit, the Plateau State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), has said that the greatest revolution that will lead to meaningful development in Nigeria is the one done through the ballot box. Dabit said this in an…

Some Nigerians in South Africa have protested the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, ex-presidential candidate, by the Department of State Service (DSS). The DSS had arrested Sowore in Lagos on Saturday for spearheading a nationwide protest…

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has challenged the Yoruba leaders not to watch the convener of the #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore rot in detention just like Sambo Dasuki. Kanu, who accused Presient…

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the government will be making a mistake if it files charges against Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, who is the convener of #RevolutionNow movement, has been detained by the Department of…