#RevolutionNow Convener #Sowore finally released by the DSS (photos)

Nigeria - The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the convener of the Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore.

#RevolutionNow: Sowore sues DSS, demands N500m over his continued detention

Nigeria - Omoyele Sowore has sued the Department of State Services (DSS) over his arrest and continued detention since August 3, 2019.  

#RevolutionNow: DSS says Sowore's protesters are unruly, attempted to force themselves to release him

Nigeria - The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday, November 19th expressed dissatisfaction over what its described as unruly behaviour of protesters who attempted to force themselves into the facility of DSS to seek the release of Sowore.  

Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, said officials had been receiving threats since it insisted that the protesters were not the kind of persons to take possession of Sowore.

#FreeSowore: Falana blasts DSS DG Bichi, says he stopped taking his calls over Sowore's bail

Nigeria - Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), has stopped taking his calls.

The senior lawyer said this while responding to the an earlier statement of Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the DSS.

DSS shoots at #FreeSowore protesters in Abuja

Nigeria - There was chaos on the premises of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja on Tuesday as security agents shot at protesters who had converged in the area to demand the release of Omoyele Sowore, pro-democracy activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters.

#RevolutionNow: DSS confirms receiving the court order to release Sowore

Nigeria - The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed receiving the court order on the release of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the Revolution Now movement.  

#RevolutionNow: Falana blasts DSS over refusal to release Sowore: See you in court

Nigeria -  Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says legal measures will be taken against the Department of State Services (DSS) over its refusal to release Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement. 

A federal high court in Abuja had on Wednesday ordered the release of Sowore alongside Olawale Adebayo better known as “Mandate”, but the DSS did not comply with the order. 

#RevolutionNow: Sowore meets bail condition, to be released today

Nigeria - The convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, charged with treasonable felony, among others have met the bail conditions imposed on them.

#RevolutionNow: Sowore, Bakare unable to meet bail conditions

Nigeria - The convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, charged with treasonable felony, among others, are yet to perfect the bail granted them on October 4, 2019 by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

#RevolutionNow: What court did to grant Sowore bail

Nigeria - The convener of #RevolutionNow protest has been granted bail of N100m with two sureties in like sum, after being arraigned before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Protesters Storm National Human Rights Commission In Abuja as Sowore's lawyers claim DSS blocked two attempts by bailiff to re-serve court order

Nigeria - Protesters are currently at the National Human Rights Commission office in Abuja calling for the release of Omoyele Sowore, who has continued to be held by the Department of State Services despite a Federal High Court ordering his immediate release on bail on Tuesday.

#RevolutionNow: How court granted Sowore bail

Nigeria - An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday granted co-convener of the RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore bail.

The Justice Taiwo Taiwo-led court said there was no longer a subsisting order holding Sowore in detention, hence the need to grant him bail.

Wole Soyinka issues strong warning to Buhari’s government over Sowore’s detention and charges, says Govt. is paranoid

Nigeria's Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the charges against Omoyele Sowore as a confirmation of the Buhari-led administration's unprecedented level of paranoia. 

KABOOM!!! DSS files seven fresh charges against Omoyele Sowore including; 'treasonable felony and cyberstalking President Buhari' ( See Documents)

Nigeria - The Federal Government has slammed a fresh seven-count charge against detained political activist and convener of the RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore, accusing him of treason, money laundering and cyberstalking President Buhari.  

#RevolutionNow: Why armed security operatives besieged Sahara Reporters, CDHR, as Falana blasts action

Nigeria - Recall that squads of armed security operatives on Wednesday blocked the Adeniyi Jones premises of the Committee for the Defence of Human Right (CDHR) and the Lagos office of online media outfit, Sahara Reporters, to stop the planned meeting of suspected pro-revolutionists.

JUST IN: Security operatives besiege SaharaReporters

Nigeria - The office of SaharaReporters, an online platform, in Lagos state has been barricaded by men of the Nigeria Police Force as well as soldiers.

#RevolutioNow: 9 Northern groups pull out of protest scheduled for August 22nd

Nigeria - Nine groups out of the 15 that formed the Joint Northern Action Front to participate in a planned #Revolutionow protest in some northern states on August 22, have pulled out.  

#RevolutionNow: DSS says Sowore plotted to violently topple Govt

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said its investigation so far revealed that the “RevolutionNow” movement was a smokescreen for the actual intention of Omoyele Sowore and his allies “to topple the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

The DSS said it engaged in a painstaking investigation of Sowore’s activities in view of the quantum of evidence so far gathered and may return to court to seek an extension of the 45 days granted it by the Federal High Court, Abuja to detain him.    

#RevolutionNow: Sowore not suspended as Lagos AAC disowns Nzenwa

Nigeria - The Lagos State Chapter of the African Alliance Congress (AAC) said on Sunday that it would not recognise Mr Leonard Nzenwa as the national chairman of the party.

#RevolutionNow: Sowore urges court to vacate detention order

Nigeria - The convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to vacate the order it made on Thursday, granting permission to the Department of State Services (DSS) to further detain him for 45 days in the first instance.