Journalists Barred from Covering Arraignment of Former Kwara State Governor
On February 23, 2024, journalists who gathered at the Federal High Court on Fate Road in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, were barred from entering the premises of the court to cover the arraignment...
Journalist Assaulted, Arrested by Soldiers for Covering Protest in Delta State
On February 23, 2024, soldiers from the Nigerian Army 3 Battalion in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, arrested, brutalized and handcuffed the South-South Bureau Chief of Galaxy Television, Mr. Dele Fasan,...
Thugs Attack Journalists at Governorship Primary Election Collation Centre
On February 17, 2024, several journalists who were covering the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election were attacked by suspected political thugs at Lushville Hotel in Benin City, Edo State, which served as...
Publisher Alleges Threat to His Life
Mr. Sufuyan Ojeifo, the publisher of an online newspaper, The Conclave, has accused Mr. Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, a Federal Commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), of allegedly threatening his life following his...
Murder Suspects Assault, Threaten Journalists in Court
On February 9, 2024, about 15 persons standing trial for the killing of the Village Head of Lambata in Niger State, Alhaji Muhammad Abdulsafur, assaulted cameramen from the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Niger...
Two Journalists Arrested, Docked, Released on Bail
Two journalists, Mr. Salihu Ayatullahi, Editor-in-Chief, and Mr. Adisa-Jaji Azeez, Managing Editor of an online news portal, Informant247, were on February 6, 2024, detained in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for allegedly publishing injurious...