Nigerian Govt gives X.com 24 hours to pull down Sowore's anti-Tinubu tweet

DSS demands X deactivate Sowore’s verified account for calling Tinubu criminal

The Department of State Services (DSS) has requested that X (formerly Twitter) urgently deactivate the verified account of activist and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore over a post the agency claims threatens national security. In a letter dated September 6, 2025, and signed by B. Bamigboye on behalf of the DSS Director-General, the service described Sowore’s post as “inflammatory, misleading and capable of inciting violence.” The post …

Nigerian Govt gives X.com 24 hours to pull down Sowore's anti-Tinubu tweet

The Nigerian government has formally given X.com 24 hours to pull down an anti-President Bola Tinubu tweet posted by a controversial politician and activist, Omoyele Sowore, disparaging President Bola Tinubu over a statement he made in Brazil that corruption in Nigeria has ended under his government. Sowore’s tweet in question, reads: “This criminal @officialABAT actually went to Brazil to state that there is NO MORE corruption under his regime …

Sowore: Tinubu's govt trying to silence me

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the government of President Bola Tinubu of plotting to silence him. Speaking when he appeared on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme, Sowore said the current administration has adopted the same strategy used by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. “Well, I think it is just a recycling of the same strategy that was used by the Buhari regime in 2019 when I was ar…

FG gives X 24-hour ultimatum to take down Sowore's tweet, seeks urgent ban of account

Should you fail, neglect and refuse to comply with the command in this notice, the Federal Government will be compelled to take far-reaching,

​DSS Demands Retraction, Apology from Sowore Over Comments on Tinubu

The Department of State Services (DSS) has formally demanded that activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, retract and apologize for a social media post it has described as "false, malicious, and criminal." The post in question, targeting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was allegedly made on X (formerly Twitter) on August 26, 2025.

DSS Demands Retraction From Sowore Over Comment On President Tinubu - Swift Reporters

The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a formal demand to activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, to retract what it described as a “criminal, false and malicious” comment made against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a letter signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of the Director General of the DSS, Sowore was accused of making derogatory remarks about the President in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on August 26, 2025, at 11…