Gunmen Shoot News Agency Photojournalist
On January 13, 2014, at about 10.30PM local time, Mr. Callistus Ewelike, a photojournalist with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was shot in front of his house at Nyanya area of Abuja. He...
MRA Accuses Federal Government of Losing its Way, Urges it to Abandon its Preoccupation...
Lagos, Wednesday, February 5, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused the Federal Government of hopelessly losing its way, and called on it to abandon its fruitless preoccupation with controlling social media content in...
Journalist Petitions Police over Threats to his Life
Mr. Jamiu Folarin, a journalist with Rockcity 101.9 FM, on March 22, 2024, petitioned the Ogun State Police Command over alleged threats to his life by land grabbers in Ogun State, South-west Nigeria following...
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps Officials Assault Journalist
On March 18, 2023, Mr. Edwin Philip, a journalist working with Breeze FM 99.9 in Lafia, Nasarawa State, was brutally beaten up by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) while...
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...
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...
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...
