Unknown Gunmen Attack Radio, TV Stations in Port Harcourt
A radio station, Wish FM 99.5 and the Atlantic Television Network, both in Ozuoba, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, were on February 21, 2023, attacked by unknown gunmen...
Publisher Alleges Threat to His Life by Taraba State Government
Mr. Ayodele Samuel Oloye, the publisher of “Taraba Truth and Facts” newspaper and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rock FM 92.3 radio station in Jalingo, Taraba State, has alleged that agents of the State...
Presidential Security Aides Expel Journalist from Villa
On May 11, 2015 Mr. Ubale Musa, a correspondent of the German Radio, Deutsche Welle, was bundled out of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja for asking visiting President Idriss Derby of Chad...
MRA Calls on Federal Government to Ensure Safety, Release of Kidnapped Radio Presenter
Lagos, Wednesday, May 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Monday’s abduction of Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, a presenter with the Pacesetter FM station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Umuahia,...
Thugs Attack Zamfara State NUJ Council Chairman
On October 20, 2022, political thugs engaged to work at a shop to be used as a campaign office within the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zamfara State Council, in Gusau,...
Journalist Arrested in Abuja, Taken to Katsina on Orders of University Vice-Chancellor
In the early hours of January 1, 2022, Mr. Nelson Omonu, a publisher and staff of Summit Post, an online newspaper, was arrested in his home in Abuja in a commando-style attack by security...