NEWS

Alleged Cybercrime: Sowore Risks Return To Prison Over Failure To Perfect Bail Conditions

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2026

*Opens defence The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered that online publisher and presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, be taken back to the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, if he fails to meet the bail conditions granted him last Tuesday by 4 p.m.

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Alleged Cybercrime: Sowore Sent Back to Kuje Correctional Centre

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2026

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered that politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, be sent back to the Kuje Correctional Centre until June 30 when his application for the setting aside the order of bench warrant and revocation of bail application would be considered. On Monday, Justice Mohammed Umar, revoked the December […]

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DSS Opens Inquiry Into Officers After Sowore Courtroom Incident

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has ordered an investigation into the conduct of its operatives following the circulation of viral videos showing a confrontation involving activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The agency announced the probe amid public reactions to scenes that emerged after a court ordered Sowore’s […]

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Sowore’s Attack on NUJ Over DSS Chief’s Award Baseless, Threatens Free Speech – Group

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2026

The Centre for Public Integrity has condemned what it described as an “asinine and unwarranted attack” by former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, against the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over its recent “Man of the Year” award to the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin […]

LEAD STORY 1

Sowore Declared Wanted as Court Withdraws Bail

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has revoked the bail earlier granted to activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, and issued a bench warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear for the continuation of his trial. Justice Mohammed Umar made the order on Tuesday following the absence of […]

COLUMNS

Sowore and the politics of consequence-free dissent

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2026

By Stephen Okoroafor Omoyele Sowore has spent much of his public life presenting himself as a permanent victim of power. Every confrontation with authority becomes persecution, every court appearance becomes a stage, and every allegation against him becomes proof that the state fears his voice. That routine has served him for years, but recent proceedings […]