The Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy (CODWA) has condemned the repeated arrests and detentions of human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, describing the government’s actions as “a sore of the nation.” In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Taiwo Omoniyi Otitolaye, and released on Friday, CODWA expressed deep concern […]

The African Action Congress (AAC) has condemned the re-arrest of its National Chairman, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigeria Police Force, describing it as a blatant act of “selective justice” and “hypocrisy”. The party, in a statement on Friday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Femi Adeyeye, demands Sowore’s immediate release, along with 13 other activists

Tension erupted on Friday at the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja when heavily armed police officers violently disrupted court proceedings, attacking human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, several lawyers, and even a food vendor in an attempt to rearrest the activist. Eyewitnesses told SaharaReporters that more than 50 armed officers surrounded the court premises, mounted roadblocks,

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for what he described as an unfair concentration of port development projects in Lagos, warning that such an approach undermines national equity and economic balance. Obi, in a statement titled “The Imperative of Diversifying Port Development in Nigeria,” and issued on Friday,

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a 29-year-old master’s degree student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), following a formal criminal complaint filed against him. Mokwa, who is known for his public criticism of Governor Umar Bago’s administration, was arrested after referring to the governor as “Governor

The day Salis Manaja, a multimedia journalist with Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, regained his freedom from kidnappers, about 40 other persons were reportedly abducted along the Benue–Kogi corridor. The journalist was released on Wednesday. Manaja was among 25 passengers earlier kidnapped by gunmen while travelling from Abakaliki, Ebonyi

The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been hit by yet another integrity scandal as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate and prosecute the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha, over alleged forgery of election results from 62 polling

The manner in which Sowore was apprehended inside the court premises sends a dangerous message that the judiciary can be violated without consequence. Such actions not only intimidate citizens but also erode public confidence in the independence of the courts. The court should remain a neutral ground — a place where justice is sought, not

United States President Donald Trump has announced the termination of all trade negotiations with Canada, accusing the country of producing a fraudulent television advertisement that misused the image and voice of the late President Ronald Reagan. The controversy has escalated tensions between both nations already at odds over tariffs and trade restrictions, Trump said in

There was pandemonium at the Magistrate Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday as police officers re-arrested human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, shortly after the court granted him bail. Counsel for Sowore, Tope Temokun, described the incident as “a show of shame and a blatant affront to the rule of law.” According