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
The...
Unionists Enforcing Strike Action Attack Journalists in Ogun State
On June 28, 2022 some members of the organised labour who stormed Ijaye State Hospital in  Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, armed with canes, to enforce a strike order called by Labour in the...
DSS Arrests Comedian on Accusation of Inciting the Public
On June 14, 2022, operatives of Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), arrested a comedian and vlogger, Mr. Chukwu Emeka, popularly known on social media as Broda Mike in Benin...
MRA Sues NBC for Refusing to Disclose Status of Payment of...
Lagos, Monday, 19 September 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) suit at the Federal...
