Court Bars Journalists from Covering Proceedings in Rape Case
On December 21, 2022, journalists who went to court to cover the trial of Dr. Femi Olaleye, who is charged with defiling his wife’s niece, were barred by Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual...
Police Assault Radio Reporter Filming a Lynching Scene
On December 19, 2022, Mr. Muhammad Bello Dabai, a reporter with Premier Radio in Kano was manhandled by policemen for filming an incident in which a man was being lynched. The policemen later forcefully...
Police Detain Vanguard Reporter over Petition in which He was not Named
On December 19, 2022, Mr. Luminous Jannamike, the Religious Affairs and Civil Society correspondent of the privately-owned Vanguard newspaper, was detained on the orders of Mr. Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police,...
Kano Magistrate Court Summons WikkiTimes over Alleged Defamation, Cyberstalking
A magistrate court sitting in Kano has summoned WikkiTimes, a Bauchi-based investigative and data journalism platform, over an investigative story which some construction companies indicted in the story alleged was defamatory and amounts to...
Kano Upper Sharia Court Sentences Islamic Cleric to Death for Blasphemy
On December 15, 2022, an upper Sharia Court in Kano convicted an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara of blasphemy by defaming the personality of Prophet Muhammad while preaching at his mosques at Filin...
Kwara Government Withdraws Charges Against Two Journalists
The Kwara State government has withdrawn charges against Dare Akogun, senior editor at Sobi FM and his brother, Abdulrasheed Akogun, publisher of Fresh Insight online TV.
During the court proceedings, government prosecutor, Busari Olorundare, applied...
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...
