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A Nigerian activist, Chido Onumah, who was arrested on Sunday, September 29, said he was told that his arrest was because he wore a shirt with the inscription: ‘We Are All Biafrans.’ Onumah was whisked away by men of the Department of State Security (DSS) upon his arrival from Europe at...

A former spokesperson for late President Umaru Yar’Adua, Olusegun Adeniyi, has said that pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, predicted long ago that the Department of State Services would not obey the court order for his release. In a tweet, Adeniyi …...

Femi Falana, the lawyer representing the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to a claim by the State Security Service , SSS, that it was not served with copies of the order directing the release of the publisher. In a telephone interview … Read more via The...

The Department of State Service (DSS) is still holding activist and Convener of the botched RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, in its custody four days after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2lJnMVQ...

Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and counsel to detained activist, Omoyele Sowore has reacted to the claim of the Department of State Services(DSS) that the order of the federal high court for Sowore’s release has not been served on the organisation..... Read more via P.M. News –...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a warning that it would order the imprisonment of the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi over the failure of the agency to release the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. The … Read more via...

The Department of State Service (DSS) has said it won’t release Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, until due process is followed. The DSS stated this in response to why it has refused to release the former presidential candidate despite the latter meeting bail conditions granted...

Human Right Lawyer, Femi Falana, has asked the Department of State Security to release the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election, Omoyele Sowore or face the legal consequence of disobeying … Read more via Pulse Nigeria – Nigeria –...

As the waiting game continues at the headquarters of the Department of State Services in Abuja over the release of Omoyele Sowore, his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has vowed to remain at the facility pending the release of his client. The human rights lawyer insisted that he and his … Read...

The Department of State Services is still holding on to Omoyele Sowore, despite meeting the bail conditions as spelt out by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2mNbqvY Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Department of State Services has continued to hold on to pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, despite fulfilling his bail condition. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, in Abuja, had on Tuesday ordered the DSS to release the activist on bail. Sowore had since fulfilled...

Omoyele Sowore has reportedly fulfilled his bail conditions and has met with Femi Falana at DSS for his release.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2lzQTer Get More Nigeria Political News

Nigerian musician cum politician, Banky W has reacted to the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the Department of State Services to immediately release pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, on bail. In a series of Tweets, Banky-W described Nigeria as a county that prides itself...

The Department of State Services was holding on to detained political activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday night, despite the order by Justice Taiwo Taiwo that he should be released and handed over to his lawyer, Femi Falana.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2mrYGek Get More...

Omoyele Sowore, the detained publisher of online news platform, Sahara Reporters, has recounted his alleged ordeal in the hands of the DSS since he was arrested in August. According to the transcript which was shared by Sahara Reporters on their website, Sowore during the interrogation, said...

Pro-democracy campaigner and Convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, will be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, SaharaReporters can confirm. The Department of State Services had on Friday charged Sowore on seven counts bordering on conspiracy to … Read more...

Femi Fani-Kayode, controversial former Minister of Aviation has narrated his experience with the Department of State Services , DSS in Nnewi, Anambra State.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2MWVoMf Get More Nigeria Political News

The Department of State Services (DSS) has alleged that Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, conspired with Nnamdi Kanu to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a counter-affidavit filed at the federal high court, Abuja, in response to an application by...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the Department of State Services, DSS and the Inspector-General of Police, IG to appear before it on September 4, over the arrest of SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and other persons in connection with the August 5, … Read...

A joint inter-agency team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for allegedly extorting … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...