The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, have applauded the successful rescue of the pupils and teachers abducted in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, describing their release after weeks in captivity as encouraging news for the country. In a statement issued on Friday by…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to abolish the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, if he becomes the President of Nigeria. Sowore said institutions of higher learning should decide admissions through a merit based system. Posting on X, the activist politician also vowed to scrap the National…
Human rights activist and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is at the Federal High Court on Wednesday morning amid heavy presence of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), who are fully armed and prevented lawyers, supporters and associates of the activist from entering the courtroom. SaharaReporters observed that DSS operatives, wielding sophisticated weapons, mounted…
Politics Omoyele Sowore Quick Read had already conducted their primaries and were preparing for future electoral contests. “I totally condemn the deregistration of political parties that have already concluded their primaries and are preparing for general elections. Such an action is undemocratic and unjustifiable in a multi-party democracy, it shall not stand,” he wrote….
The protest, which began at the popular Berger Bus Stop, was heading towards the Federal Secretariat, where the protesters planned to present their demands to the government. Armed policemen on Friday fired teargas at peaceful protesters marching towards Eagle Square in Abuja to demand an end to rising insecurity, the release of abducted school children,…
Fiery human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday led angry Nigerians in a protest against telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria, accusing the company and other network providers of exploitation, poor service delivery, alleged data depletion, and high internet costs in the country. The protesters, who gathered in front of MTN’s head office in Maitama, Abuja, under…
The Ondo State Government has appointed a group of men, including individuals accused of attacking pro-democracy activists during the June 12 Democracy Day protest in Akure, as coordinators of commercial tricycle (Keke) riders in Akure South Local Government Area. A government appointment letter dated September 15, 2025, signed by Comrade Bola Taiwo, Special Adviser to…
Quit Claim Deeds seen by SaharaReporters reveal that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and his wife, Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike, a Court of Appeal judge, transferred their properties in Florida, United States, into the names of their children between 2021 and 2023. President Bola Tinubu appointed Wike as FCT Minister in…
1 LAGOS – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Amnesty International have given President Bola Tinubu seven days to instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to immediately withdraw the cybercrime and defamation charges filed against activist Omoyele Sowore, as well as against the owners…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed criminal charges against human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Also named as the 1st and 2nd defendants in the suit are X Corp. (owners of the social media platform X) and…
