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Inibehe threatens Adeboye with lawsuit
Meanwhile, human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, in a post on his X handle Monday evening, confirmed that Seaking had been released by the police. He said ...
10 Feb 2025
Sowore sues SSS, Meta, X, seeks order to keep posts ...
HUMAN rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has filed a suit against the State Security Service (SSS), Meta, and X Corp at the ...
16 Sep 2025
FG drags Sowore to court 'for calling Tinubu criminal'
THE Federal Government has filed a five-count criminal charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against human rights activist and former presidential ...
16 Sep 2025
Sowore regains freedom after two days in police detention
HUMAN rights activist and 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has been released from police custody after ...
8 Aug 2025
Court adjourns Sowore's arraignment in cybercrime case
THE arraignment of human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, stalled on Tuesday, September 30, at the Federal High Court in ...
30 Sep 2025
Court declares police 'wanted' notice on Sowore unlawful ...
THE Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the Nigeria Police Force's declaration of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore as wanted was unlawful, ...
20 Feb 2026
Tension as Sowore remains in police custody nearly 24hrs ...
“Amnesty International strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of human rights activist and journalist ... Mustapha Usman is an investigative journalist with ...
7 Aug 2025
Police arrest, reluctantly release FIJ reporter after backlash
Mustapha Usman is an investigative journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting. You can easily reach him via: musman@icirnigeria ...
23 Dec 2025
NUJ FCT condemns harassment of journalist by NRC MD
Coalition condemns arrest, arraignment of journalist ... Mustapha Usman is an investigative journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting.
29 Aug 2025
CPJ demands release of Nigerian journalist jailed in Benin
“Authorities in Benin must immediately release journalist Mathew Ojoduma, who has already wasted nine months of his life in jail on spurious terrorism charges,” ...
19 Nov 2025
IPI Nigeria condemns arrest of journalist, wife, infant
According to the organisation, police officers tracked Atanda and her infant to their neighbourhood and arrested them while the journalist was not at home, even ...
23 Dec 2025
Police to arraign journalist detained without trial for six weeks
THE Nigeria Police Force is set to arraign Friday Alefia, a journalist detained for more than six weeks without trial, on alleged cybercrime charges.
10 Nov 2025