Applications Invited for Training on Reporting on Locally Led Adaptation to Climate Change
Thomson Reuters Foundation is inviting applications from multimedia journalists working in local or national media organisations in developing countries, who have a strong interest in covering local stories related to locally-led adaptation to climate...
Gunmen Abduct Journalist from Home, Demand N10 Million Ransom
On June 14, 2022 at about 10 pm, unknown gunmen stormed the country home of Mr. Chucks Onuoha at Ohuhu in Umuahia North Local Government Area in Abia State and abducted him at gunpoint....
Newspaper Reporter Escapes Abduction
On June 7, 2022, Eniola Daniel, a reporter with the privately-owned daily, The Guardian newspaper, escaped being kidnapped after he closed from work and was returning home.
Relating his experience, Eniola said after he closed...
Publisher Arrested, Detained Incommunicado for Four Days
The publisher of Royal Times Magazine, Mr. Ranti Alaba Thomas, was arrested on June 3, 2022 by men of the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police and detained incommunicado in a police underground...
Judge Orders Detention of Journalists, Deletion of Press Photographs
On June 7, 2022, officials of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, Abuja, detained six judiciary correspondents who were in the court to cover the day’s proceedings. The judge,...
EFCC Arrests, Charges Governor’s Aide to Court Over Facebook Post
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested and charged Abdullahi Yusuf, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babagana Zulum, before a Federal High Court over a Facebook post he...
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...
