Thugs Raid, Vandalise Newspaper office in Kano
On June 16, 2022 at about 10:31 p.m., unknown hoodlums broke into and vandalized the offices of Prime Times News, an online newspaper based in Kano metropolis. They also stole some of the outlet’s...
Blogger Arrested over Publication of Governor’s Criminal Records
Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), on May 13, 2022 arrested Ahmed Olamilekan, a blogger and the publisher of Eagles Foresight, for publishing a story on Ogun State Governor, Dapo...
Group Condemns Harassment of IPC’s Lanre Arogundade, Seeks End to Violence Against Journalists
Press Freedom and Safety of Journalists Field Monitors have condemned the harassment of the Executive Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Mr. Lanre Arogundade, and other journalists by the Department of State Services...
Police Detain Newspaper Vendor for Undisclosed Reasons
On May 13, 2021, the Delta State Police Command arrested and detained a newspaper vendor, Mr Patrick Onwuaha, popularly known as Ocha, incommunicado, without disclosing the reasons for his arrest and detention.
Patrick who had...
Police Raid Peoples Gazette Newspaper Office, Arrest Editor, Four Others
Armed operatives of the Nigerian Police on July 22, 2022 raided the head office of Peoples Gazette newspaper in the Utako area of Abuja during which they arrested and briefly detained five of its...
Polytechnic Rector Demands N100m Compensation from Reporter for Defamation
Dr. Justina Anjiode Kotso, the Rector of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia in Nassarawa State, has filed a lawsuit against Rabiu Omaku, a reporter for Universal Reporters, claiming N100 million as damages for...