Journalist Assaulted, Arrested, Detained for Covering Protest in Abuja
On December 19, 2023, Mr. Godwin Tsa, a journalist with the Sun newspaper, was manhandled, beaten, arrested and detained by the personnel of the Department of Development Control at the Federal Capital Territory Administration...
Journalist Arrested from Home by Security Operatives, Whereabouts Remain Unknown
On December 12, 2023, Mr. Precious Eze, an online publisher and journalist, was arrested at about 1:24 am at his residence in Lagos by operatives of a Special Task Force of the Nigeria Police...
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...
Editor Arrested, Detained by Security Operatives in Abuja
On December 4, 2023, Mr. Marcus Fatunmole, News Editor at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), was arrested by security operatives, including a police officer, from Abuja Property Development Company (APDC), and Ms...
NSCDC Operatives assault Journalist in Anambra State
On December 2, 2023, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), numbering about 11, physically assaulted Mr. Izunna Okafor, a reporter with the online news portal, https://247ureports.com/. They kicked him and...
VOA Reporter Assaulted by Commissioner of Homeland Security in Niger State
Mr. Mustapha Batsari, a reporter for Voice of America (VOA), based in Nigeria, was on November 24, 2023, assaulted by Major General Bello Mohammed Abdullahi (rtd), the Niger State Commissioner of Homeland Security, when...
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...
