Worshippers, Security Guard Brutalise Reporter in Celestial Church Premises
Worshippers at the Celestial Church of Christ, Sharon Parish, in Mobolaji Benson Street in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State and a security guard working for the church on November 6, 2022 brutalized Mr....
Journalists Covering #ENDSARS Memorial Brutalised, Arrested by Police
The first year #EndSARS memorial protests that took place across the country on October 20, 2021, was characterized by various forms of attacks against journalists including brutalization, harassment, arrest and prevention from covering the...
Zamfara Government Shuts Down Media Houses for Covering Opposition Party Rally
On October 15, 2022, the Zamfara State Government announced the immediate shutdown of three television stations and two radio stations in the state, namely: the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of...
Police Storm Publisher’s Home, Arrest Him for Undisclosed Reason
On August 19, 2022, operatives of the Nigerian Police from the Force Headquarters, Abuja stormed and laid siege to the Lagos home of Mr. Agba Jalingo, publisher of Cross River Watch, and held down...
ThisDay Newspaper Correspondent Arrested, Detained for Facebook Posts
On March 25, 2014 at about 3.30pm local time, Mr. Reuben Buhari, an Abuja correspondent with the Lagos-based daily newspaper, Thisday, was arrested in Kaduna, North-western Nigeria and taken to Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital...
Radio Programme Anchor, Guest Arrested after Live Interview Broadcast
On January 18, 2023, Mr. Yakubu Haliru Jeka-Dafari, a presenter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)-owned Jewel FM Station in Gombe, the Gombe State capital, and a guest in his programme, Sheikh...
MRA Condemns Police Harassment of Journalists, Calls on President Tinubu to...
LAGOS, Friday, May 17, 2024: Media Rights Agenda (MRA), today condemned recent acts of harassment and intimidation of journalists and media organizations by the...
