Hoodlums Brutalise Journalist Covering Industrial Action
On April 14, 2015, armed hoodlums suspected to have been hired by a faction of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) attacked journalists covering the three-day industrial strike action the TUC called at the Osun...
Nigerian Military Arrest, Question and Detain Aljazeera Correspondents
On March 24, 2015, Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustafa, two Nigerian correspondents of the Doha-based satellite television channel, Al Jazeera, were arrested questioned and detained by the Nigerian military officials. They had their equipment...
DRC: AFEX condemns arrest and detention of journalists, accuses Congolese authorities of assault on...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply appalled by recent acts of harassment and intimidation of journalists by Government authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In particular, AFEX condemns the...
Newspaper Correspondent Threatened, Police Refuse to Provide Protection
Mr. Etim Ekpima, The Punch newspaper correspondent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital in southern Nigeria, has been asked by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gabriel Achong, to leave the State as the...
National Waves Magazine Journalists Arrested, Detained
Two journalists with National Waves Magazine: Emmanuel Fateman, an Assistant Editor, and Joseph Jolayemi, a graphic artist, are being detained by officers of the special force after they allegedly uncovered a fraudulent deal involving Bauchi...
Soldiers Brutalise Newspaper Correspondent
On February 4, 2015 at about 10am armed soldiers deployed to provide security in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State in South-west Nigeria, brutalised Mr. Wole Balogun, the Ekiti State correspondent of Daily Sun for allegedly causing...
MRA Rejects Government’s Attempt to Regulate Social Media ‘Through the Back...
LAGOS, Tuesday, June 14, 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to discontinue its attempt to adopt a “Code of...
