Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- The planned arraignment of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, on charges of defaming President Bola Tinubu stalled on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Trial judge Muhammad Umar postponed the case to October after it emerged that Mr Sowore had not been served with the charges.

The charges stemmed from Mr Sowore's posts on X and Facebook in August calling Mr Tinubu a criminal.

Earlier this month, the Nigerian government filed five counts of cybercrimes and defamation jointly against Mr Sowore, Facebook and X. The government instituted the charges after the futile efforts of the country's secret police agency, the State Security Service (SSS), to compel the trio to delete the posts.

Mr Sowore, a ...