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...
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’...
Armed Men Invade Radio Station in Anambra State, Injure Staff
Gunmen attacked the state-owned Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station in the early hours of May 30, 2022, during which they brutalised some staff members they met on duty and burnt down a...
Reporter Assaulted by Policemen in Oyo State while Covering Political Party Primaries
Mr. Yinka Adeniran, the Nation newspaper’s reporter attached to the Oyo State Governor’s Office, was on May 25, 2022 beaten up by policemen attached to the Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Police while...
Radio Station Manager in Oyo State Arrested Over Continued Broadcast of Murder Trial, Accused...
Mr. Oriyomi Hamzat, a journalist, Managing Director and founder of Agidigbo 88.7FM in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was on May 26, 2022 arrested by officers of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) of the...
Policemen Attack BBC Journalist Covering IPOB Sit-at-Home Order
On May 18, 2022, police officers attacked a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist who was covering the suspended sit-at-home order by the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at Cemetery Market in Aba,...
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...
