Judge Convicts Two Men of Defaming Governor on Social Media
Magistrate Aminu Muhammad Gabari, the presiding Magistrate of No Man’s Land Magistrate Court in Kano, has convicted two men, Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala, on charges of defaming the character of the...
Worshippers, Security Guard Brutalise Reporter in Celestial Church Premises
Worshippers at the Celestial Church of Christ, Sharon Parish, in Mobolaji Benson Street in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State and a security guard working for the church on November 6, 2022 brutalized Mr....
Journalists Beaten, Dragged Out of Stadium
On November 10, 2022, a group of journalists who were covering and assessing the level of damage at the site of a building under construction at the Stephen Keshi International Stadium in Asaba, Delta...
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,...
Radio Worker Detained for Airing ‘Offensive’ Song against Nigerian Governor Released after Two Months
Mr. Casmir Chinonye Uzomah, a staff in the technical department of Orient FM/Television, operated by the Imo State-owned Broadcasting Station, who was arrested on August 4, 2022, by operatives of the Department of State...
Two Journalists Detained in Ilorin for Alleged Criminal Defamation, Cyberstalking Following Complaint by Governor’s...
On October 13 2022, Mr. Abdulrasheed Akogun, the proprietor of an online news and television network known as Fresh Insight TV; and Mr. Dare Akogun, an investigative journalist with Sobi F.M. radio, both in...
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...
