When news broke on Wednesday that Omoyele Sowore, publisher of the anti-corruption website, Sahara Reporters, had been arrested in Lagos, not a few powerful men and women in Nigeria jumped for joy. Finally, their nemesis had been “captured” and would ...and more »
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, has been released from police custody. He was arrested in Ikeja on Wednesday afternoon, and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Panti. Lekan Fatodu, a journalist, had ...and more »
SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore has said that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni was part of a conspiracy to kill him. Sowore made this known in a statement on his Facebook page after he was arrested and released on ...and more »
The spokesperson for Police in Lagos State, SP Dolapo Badmos, on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoleye Sowore. Badmos said the journalist was arrested on Wednesday over an alleged threat to life and blackmail on a ...and more »
Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher of SaharaReporters, today in Lagos rejected efforts by the Nigerian police to mediate between him and Lekan Fatodu, whom Mr. Sowore accused of assaulting him yesterday. Speaking to reporters just before he went in ...and more »
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, is currently in detention at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Panti, Lagos, The Cable. He was arrested in Ikeja and taken to the office of Fatai Owoseni, commissioner of police. Lekan ...and more »
The police in Lagos have arrested Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, following an attack on him by a London-based Nigerian journalist, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. While details of the incident remain sketchy, this newspaper has gathered that ...and more »
By Evelyn Usman. Lagos—Publisher of SaharaReporters, an online news agency based in New York city, United States of America, Mr Omoyele Sowore, was yesterday arrested by the Police in Lagos ,over allegation of threat to life and blackmail on a London ...and more »
Founder and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested. A tweet by one Lekan Fatodu, who describes himself as a publisher, development advocate, social commentator, among others, disclosed this. Fatodu said: “I just got Sowore ...and more »
A lawyer representing Omoyele Sowore, the founder and publisher of SaharaReporters, has accused the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, of conniving with Lekan Fatodu and others who on Wednesday assaulted the online publisher to ...and more »