Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Lere Olayinka, has dismissed allegations by activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, that President Bola Tinubu and Minister Nyesom Wike were plotting to assassinate him. In a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, Olayinka described Sowore’s claims…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, expressed disappointment over comments made by activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, calling President Bola Tinubu a “criminal” in a post he shared on social media platforms. Recall the federal government, on Tuesday, filed a five-count charge against…
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A former presidential candidate and an activist, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to the decision by the Department of State Services, DSS, to drag him to court. The DSS on Tuesday instituted a five-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against social media platforms X, Meta (parent company of Facebook), and Sowore. The charges,…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count criminal charge against presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and two social media companies, X Corp and Meta Incorporation, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The charges followed Sowore’s refusal to delete alleged false and inciting posts about President Bola…
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has disclosed a private WhatsApp exchange with presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, who urged him to delete a social media post describing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a “criminal.” The former presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 elections disclosed this on Tuesday through his social media accounts. Sowore said Onanuga…
Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate has been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent X post on President Bola Tinubu. The DSS in a letter dated September 7, described Sowore’s post as false and malicious. The letter signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of the…
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, says he would not delete his post on President Bola Tinubu despite a request to do so by the Department of State Services (DSS) to X (formerly Twitter). In a post on Sunday, Sowore said X officially notified him of the request from the DSS. His words: “This morning,…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has written to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, demanding the urgent deactivation of Omoyele Sowore’s verified account. The agency said one of Sowore’s recent posts on President Bola Tinubu is capable of inciting violence and threatening national security. The DSS noted that Sowore, publisher of…
It has been revealed how former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo clashed with the Department of State’s Security (DSS) over the refusal of the agency to obey a court order for the release of Omoyele Sowore during the Muhammadu Buhari administration. This is contained in a new book by Richard Akinnola, titled “I WRITE WHAT…