Omoyele Yele Sowore (born 16 February 1971) is a Nigerian politician, human rights activist, citizen reporter, writer, lecturer and pro-democracy campaigner, known for founding the online news agency Sahara Reporters. [1] [2] [3] In August 2018, he founded the African Action Congress party and ran as its presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general election.

Jan 27, 2025 · Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore is being detained at the Nigerian Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) office at Old Abattoir by Guzape Junction, Abuja, following his refusal to accept the ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Justice Musa Suleiman Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), in the amount of N10 ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Count One of the charge read, “That you, Omoyele Sowore, on the 13th day of December 2024, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did intentionally and knowingly send messages through ...

Jan 31, 2025 · A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to activist Omoyele Sowore, worth N10 million in bonds following his arraignment on cybercrime allegations. While ruling on the bail application on Thursday, Justice Musa Liman also ordered Sowore to produce one surety in like sum, adding that he/she must have verified landed property in the ...

Jan 31, 2025 · The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted the human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, bail in the sum of N10m. Sowore faces 17 counts of cybercrime ...

Omoyele 'Yele' Sowore, a presidential candidate in the Nigerian February 2019 elections was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on August 3, 2019, in Lagos, Nigeria, after he called for nation-wide protests as part of the #RevolutionNow movement he started.

Jan 29, 2025 · The Nigerian police have hurriedly corrected some errors in court documents filed against human rights activist Omoyele Sowore after SaharaReporters exposed the mistakes.

Jan 27, 2025 · Activist Omoyele Sowore has rejected bail conditions imposed by police operatives at the Force Intelligence Department (FID) on Monday. Sowore was interrogated by the Deputy Inspector General of ...

May 24, 2024 · After over 5 years of delays, a federal High Court struck out the treason case against Nigerian pro-democracy activist & journalist Omoyele Sowore. As part of the TrialWatch initiative, ABA has been monitoring Sowore's case since his arrest in 2019.