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Sowore Assaulted By Eight Police Officers At FID Abuja For Demanding Lawyers, Clothes Before Secret Relocation —Source
SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that Sowore had arrived at the Force Headquarters in Abuja carrying a travel bag, as he honoured a controversial invitation from the Inspector General of Police’s ...
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Egbin Power, Ikeja Electric, FIPL Deny Receivership Claims, Cite Court Rulings
Egbin Power Plc, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), and First Independent Power Limited (FIPL) have dismissed as false and misleading recent media reports—originating from advertorials published in ThisDay ...
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Deji Adeyanju Urges Tinubu To Sack IGP Egbetokun Over Abuse Of Office, Rot In Nigeria Police
Human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently intervene in what he describes as the deepening rot within the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), citing ...
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BREAKING: Police Break Sowore’s Hand, Secretly Move Him To Undisclosed Location After Abuja Detention
SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that Sowore had arrived at the Force Headquarters in Abuja carrying a travel bag, as he honoured a controversial invitation from the Inspector General of Police’s ...
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Stop Wasting Resources On Harassing Sowore, Focus On Crime—Ex-SDP Presidential Candidate Adebayo Berates IGP Egbetokun
A former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Barrister Adewole Adebayo, has condemned the persistent ...
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Sowore’s Detention Based On Petitions From IGP Egbetokun’s Office, Alleged Mistress—Lawyer Demands Release Within 24 Hours
Sowore had honoured a police invitation on Wednesday, accompanied by his legal team, including Abubakar. However, according to Abubakar, he was detained based on what he described as baseless ...
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Not My IGP: The Streets Declare Egbetokun a Criminal in Uniform The Police Have Become the Gang And Sowore Is the Only One Daring to Say It, By Manasseh Bem Paul
Omoyele Sowore did not walk into the police station today as a defeated man. He walked in as the hurricane, a symbol of defiance, of hope, of the burning desire for a Nigeria that belongs to its ...
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Amnesty International Demands Immediate Release Of Sowore, Calls For End To Sham Trials Over Peaceful Activism
The global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, who has been facing ...
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WAEC Portal Goes Down After 2025 WASSCE Results Release, Candidates Frustrated
The disruption comes just days after WAEC released the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Council had reported a slight improvement in candidate ...
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EFCC Arraigns Katsina Revenue Officials, Banker Over Alleged N1.2Billion Fraud Involving WHO, MSF, ALIMA Donations
The accused—Nura Lawal, Sanusi Mohammed Yaro, Ibrahim Mamman, Abubakar Saidu, Rabiu Adamu Abdullahi, and Adam Alhassan ...
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‘Most Useless IGP In History’: Nigerian Activist Dan Bello Lambasts Egbetokun, Calls For His Immediate Dismissal Over Sowore’s Detention
Popular Nigerian skit maker and online activist, Dan Bello, has called for the immediate dismissal of Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over the controversial arrest and detention of ...
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AAC Condemns Detention, Harassment Of Ex-Presidential Candidate Sowore, Threatens To Occupy Police Commands Nationwide
According to the AAC, Sowore's arrest is a clear attack on democracy and an abuse of power. The African Action Congress (AAC) has strongly condemned the detention and harassment of its National Leader ...