Lawmaker Assaults Journalist at Press Conference
The Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, on November 1, 2022, assaulted the  Leadership newspaper’s Kano Bureau Chief, Malam Abdullahi Yakubu, during a press conference he called in his residence...
Magistrate Court Sentences Journalists to 5 Months Imprisonment for Criminal Defamation
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on February 7, 2023, sentenced two journalists: Mr. Gidado Shuiab and Mr. Alfred Oluyemi, to five months imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each...
Police Arrest, Detain Online Publisher Indefinitely
Mr Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe, the publisher of an online news platform, https://247ureports.com/, was reportedly arrested on July 5, 2022 by security operatives dressed in mufti over a petition filed by Mr Primus Odili, who...
Publisher Remanded for Cybercrime, Released on Bail after one Week
On March 27, 2023, Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory ordered Mr. Agba Jalingo to be remanded at the medium-security custodial centre in Kuje after refusing...
Journalists Covering Primaries by Splinter Party Group Arrested, Detained
On May 23, 2022, four media workers, Sunny Ohioze of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and his cameraman; Deborah Coker of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and Ogbomo Osamuyi of Independent Television (ITV) were...
Journalists Prevented from Covering Distribution of Election Materials
On February 22, 2023, in Oshogbo, the Osun state capital, security forces working under the orders of officials with the Osun branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria barred journalists from at least 10...
Media Bodies, CSOs Demand Investigation into Journalist Detention and Prosecution of...
The undersigned media organisations, media associations and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations wish to express our deep concern and strong condemnation...
