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...
Journalist Assaulted While Investigating South-East Nigeria Entrepreneurial Development Centre
On June 30, 2023, Ms. Charity Uwakwe, a correspondent of Nigerian Horn newspaper, was assaulted by some staff of the Ministry of Women Affairs, in Umuahia, Abia State, where she had gone to investigate...
Journalists Barred from Covering Labour Party Convention
On March 27, 2024, journalists were barred from covering the Labour Party National Convention which took place at the Grand Seasons Hotel in Nnewi, Anambra State. The gate of the hotel was reportedly heavily...
Criminals Burgle Radio Station, Steal Valuable Equipment
Some suspected hoodlums on the night of June 5, 2023, broke into the offices of the Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation in Ochaja. Broadcast equipment as well as other valuables worth millions of naira were...
MRA Condemns Renewed Onslaught on Nigerian Press by Jonathan Administration
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned last month the renewed onslaught on the Nigerian Press by the Goodluck Jonathan Administration with the arrest of newspaper workers, detention of media vehicles, confiscation of thousands of...
Road Safety Officials Beat up Journalist for Capturing their Activities on Video
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on September 18, 2023, attacked Mr. Mustapha Usman, a journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), near the Corps’ Zone 7 office in Abuja....
UNESCO Summit Urges African Media to Harness AI for Ethical Development
A summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the media, co-organized by UNESCO and the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB-UAR), has called on African media...
