Local Intelligence Agency Arrest Editor for Facebook Post
At about 2am on August 5, 2019 operatives of Nigeria’s local intelligence agency, the Directorate of State Security (DSS) stormed the Rigachikun, Kaduna State residence of Mr. Ibrahim Dan Halilu, a former editor at...
ThisDay Newspaper Correspondent Arrested, Detained for Facebook Posts
On March 25, 2014 at about 3.30pm local time, Mr. Reuben Buhari, an Abuja correspondent with the Lagos-based daily newspaper, Thisday, was arrested in Kaduna, North-western Nigeria and taken to Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital...
Prison Officials Brutalise Newspaper Correspondent
On November 12, 2015 at 2.00pm local time, about ten officials of the Nigerian Prison Service from Kuje Prison in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), descended on Mr. Emmanuel Elebeke, a Vanguard newspaper...
Lagos State Taskforce Manhandles, Detains Reporter Covering its Operations
Operatives of the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit on August 7, 2023, arrested, manhandled, and detained Mr. Ikechi Nzeako, a reporter with the privately-owned Daily Independent newspaper, while he was covering...
Gunmen Abduct, Release Journalists Covering Enugu Local Government Elections
On February 23, 2022, unknown gunmen attacked the news crew of the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) covering the 2022 local government elections in Enugu State and abducted Mr. Fred Nnaji and Mr. Monday...
Journalists Attacked at Polling Unit, Equipment Damaged
Four journalists and a media worker covering the February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections in Bayelsa State were assaulted, their phones seized, their cameras broken, and prevented from covering the elections.
Daily Post...
WPFD 2024: The Lagos Plan of Action on Media Freedom in...
On the occasion of the 2024 edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) on May 3, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and Global Rights: Advocates...
