Coalition Calls on NBC to Withdraw Sanctions Imposed on Media Outlets
The Coalition of Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the imposition by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of N5 million each sanction on Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV; TelCom Satellite Limited...
Journalists Barred from Covering Terrorism Trials on Orders of High Court Judge
Journalists who went to cover the resumed trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were on April 8, 2022, barred from entering the premises of the Federal...
National Waves Magazine Journalists Arrested, Detained
Two journalists with National Waves Magazine: Emmanuel Fateman, an Assistant Editor, and Joseph Jolayemi, a graphic artist, are being detained by officers of the special force after they allegedly uncovered a fraudulent deal involving Bauchi...
NBC Fines Arise TV for Allegedly Broadcasting Fake News about APC Presidential Candidate
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on November 14, 2022, announced a fine of N2 million imposed on Arise TV, an international cable television news channel, for allegedly airing a fake news story which claimed...
Police Shoot, Injure Journalist Covering Students’ Protest in Osogbo
Operatives of the Osun State Command of the Nigerian Police on May 31, 2022 shot and injured the Osun State Correspondent of the Nation newspaper, Mr. Toba Adedeji, while he was covering a students’...
Policeman Arrests Newspaper Editor for Filming Protest
On May 31, 2022 an officer of the Nigeria Police, Osun State Command, arrested Uthman Ismail, deputy editor of the Osun Defender Online at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Correspondents’ Chapel premises in...
MRA Condemns Police Harassment of Journalists, Calls on President Tinubu to...
LAGOS, Friday, May 17, 2024: Media Rights Agenda (MRA), today condemned recent acts of harassment and intimidation of journalists and media organizations by the...
