Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, otherwise known as the Progressives Governors’ Forum has reacted to the arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore. The APC Governors reacted through its Chairman, and Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. They also condemned the revolution protest called by Sowore-led Global Coalition for Security and … Read more
Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) has condemned the clampdown on demonstrators across the country, saying that the action was portraying the government in bad light. The group also accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of turning Mr Omoyele Sowore and other members of the RevolutionNow group as heroes through their illegal detention and intimidation by security agencies. … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has banned the staging of the ‘RevolutionNow’ protest in the state. Wike further directed all Local Government chairmen in the state to report any suspected activity to the authorities. This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu. Ekohotblog had earlier reported … Read more
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday, condemned the Buhari government over Omoyele Sowore’s arrest. He described the act by by the Department of State Services (DSS) as “a terrorist midnight arrest.” Sowore is the convener of ‘#RevolutionNow’ protests, which has been scheduled to hold nationwide on Monday, August 5. Soyinka, in a statement made … Read more
Civil society groups in Lagos have demanded the release of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, who was arrested at his home by officials of the State Security Service early Saturday morning. In separate statements issued on Saturday, the groups said the arrest of Mr Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress … Read more
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has condemned the alleged planned revolution protest by AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. It was earlier reported that Sowore, the convener of Revolution Now Protests against Buhari government, was picked up at his apartment in the early hours … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on Social Media matters, Lauretta Onochie, has commended the arrest of AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. It was earlier reported that Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow Protests, was picked up at his apartment in the early hours of Saturday. The politician posted … Read more
The Nigerian Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Forum has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle challenges facing Nigeria. In a joint statement on Saturday, the coalition lamented what it termed the serial political imbalance and draconian government’s policies. The statement signed by Yerima Shettima, President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum; Oladotun Hassan, President, Yoruba Council of … Read more