Popular Nigerian activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore has revealed plans by the Nigeria Police to arraign him in a Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday. DAILY POST reports that Sowore, who was invited by the Force on Monday for questioning over some allegations against him,
The move, this newspaper learned, was to meet jurisdictional requirements, which entail charging a defendant where the offence is allegedly committed.
The Nigeria Police Force plans to re-charge detained human rights activist Omoyele Sowore before Justice M.S. Liman at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Sources informed SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the new suit, numbered FHC/ABJ/CR/23/2025, includes charges of cyberbullying and endangering police officers, among others.
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 bail conditions imposed by the police.
There has been controversies as the supporters of the impeached Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, stormed Ikeja, the state capital.
AEC Unity Network Limited, the officially recognised concessionaire for the Abuja-Lagos Super Highway and High-Speed Train projects, has denied any association with an entity known as AEC-Geofocus Consortium (Geofocus).
ABUJA— Activists and supporters of former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, clashed with police in Abuja, yesterday, during his interrogation at the Force Intelligence Department, FID. Sowore was summoned over allegations of resisting public officers,
The average retail price for refilling a 5-kilogram cylinder of cooking gas increased by 3.23% month over month from September 2024 to October 2024, to N6,915.69.
There is tension in the air as the civic organization, Take It Back Movement, has concluded plans to stage a protest at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja.
Providusbank, in collaboration with the Enterprise Development Centre, has launched the fifth cohort of its flagship “Providus Bank SME Programme” in Lagos and Abuja, reaffirming its commitment to empowering small and medium-sized enterprises across Nigeria.
In December 2024, NNPC actually lowered their prices – from N1,025 to N925 per litre in Lagos, and from N1,040 to N965 per litre in Abuja. But now, NNPC petrol stations in Lagos have raised their price from N925 to N960 per litre.
NNPC has raised petrol prices by N25 in Abuja and N35 in Lagos, citing rising global oil prices and deregulation.