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,...
Journalists Covering Primaries by Splinter Party Group Arrested, Detained
On May 23, 2022, four media workers, Sunny Ohioze of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and his cameraman; Deborah Coker of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and Ogbomo Osamuyi of Independent Television (ITV) were...
Armed Thugs Attack, Injure Journalists Covering Political Campaign
On May 23, 2022, thugs armed with cutlasses, axes, clubs and other dangerous weapons attacked and injured journalists who were covering the political campaign of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in Gbongan, Ayedaade Local Government area...
Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day, Urge Governments...
LAGOS, Thursday, May 2, 2024: Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to...
