Strasbourg Named UNESCO World Book Capital for 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the selection of the French city of Strasbourg as the World Book Capital (WBC) for the year 2024, based on the recommendation of...
Police Raid Peoples Gazette Newspaper Office, Arrest Editor, Four Others
Armed operatives of the Nigerian Police on July 22, 2022 raided the head office of Peoples Gazette newspaper in the Utako area of Abuja during which they arrested and briefly detained five of its...
Policemen Brutalise Punch Newspaper Reporter
On July 18, 2022, some bribe-seeking policemen at Berger Bus-Stop area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway brutalised Mr. Matthew Agbaje, a reporter with The Punch newspaper for recording their illegal activities with the camera on...
Blogger Arrested, Detained over Online Publication on Governor
Mr. Olamilekan Hammed, a blogger and publisher of EaglesForeSight, has been arrested by officials of Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), over a post on his blog detailing the alleged...
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...
Shari’ah Court in Sokoto Orders Journalists to Obtain Authorisation Before Covering Court Proceedings
A Tudun Wada Lower Shari’ah Court sitting at Kanwuri in Sokoto metropolis on June 23, 2022 ordered that journalists who want to cover its proceedings must first obtain formal authorisation from the Court Registrar
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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...
