Chaos erupted on Friday outside the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja after police officers punched and forcefully dragged human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, into a waiting vehicle despite the court granting him bail. Sources on the court premises said the incident occurred moments after the magistrate granted bail to Sowore and […]

A SaharaReporters review of the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal has revealed that a contract worth N320 million was awarded for the construction of a guest house chalet within the Government House. According to the contract details, the project was awarded to the permanent secretary in the “Government House and Protocol Department.” The contract was

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned the arrest and detention of human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, describing the action by the Nigeria Police as a “reckless assault on democracy and freedom of expression.” Frank, in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja,

   

Isah Mokwa, a master’s degree student at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, and an ardent critic of Niger State governor Umar Bago’s administration, has reportedly been taken by the Nigerian police in his home in Lapai and taken to the police headquarters in Minna. The arrest comes after Mokwa allegedly referred to Bago as “Governor

Heavy security presence has been observed in Kuje, Abuja, as the Nigeria Police mounted at least five checkpoints leading to the court where human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, is expected to be arraigned. It was observed that an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) was also stationed at a strategic location around the area

The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has condemned the arrest of human rights activist, journalist, and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, by security operatives allegedly acting on the orders of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement released on Friday and signed by the Union’s Convener, Olusola Badero, through its Home Director, Princess Balogun,

Others are Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; his brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu and 11 others. A Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, alongside several protesters arrested during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in