Journalist Declared Wanted by Nigerian Army Arrested at Airport
On September 5, 2016, Ahmed Salkida, a Nigerian journalist based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates was arrested by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport while disembarking...
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...
Over 8,000 Enrolled in the UNESCO-Oxford Massive Open Online Course
Over 8,000 participants have signed up for the newly launched multilingual UNESCO-Oxford Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for judicial actors, which is focused on international standards on freedom of expression and the safety of...
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...
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...
NBC Fines Two Stations N5 Million Each for Alleged Breach of Broadcasting Code
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on May 6, 2021, announced that it had fined Channels Television and Inspiration FM radio N5 million each for alleged breach of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code despite criticism that...
Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day, Urge Governments...
LAGOS, Thursday, May 2, 2024: Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to...
