Armed Hoodlums Raid Media Outlet, Abduct Editor
On January 4, 2022, about 10 armed hoodlums raided the offices of Thunder Blowers, an online newspaper and television station in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. They smashed some computers, cameras and other equipment...
Nigeria’s Foreign Intelligence Agency Raids Offices of Online News Outlet
On January 10, 2022, operatives of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Nigeria’s foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency, stormed the head office of Peoples Gazette in Abuja, demanding to see the online newspaper’s managing editor...
CWPPF Condemns Continued Attacks on the Media, Calls on Government to Take Measures to...
The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom, (CWPPF), has condemned in strong terms the growing trend of state security attacks on journalists and news media houses publishing investigative reports about public officials involved...
Policemen Brutalise Newspaper Reporter, Confiscate his Phone
On December 29, 2021, some mobile policemen attached to the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Lagos manhandled Mr. Toni Ufoh, a reporter with The Punch newspaper, who had gone their office to interview...
Journalist Arrested in Abuja, Taken to Katsina on Orders of University Vice-Chancellor
In the early hours of January 1, 2022, Mr. Nelson Omonu, a publisher and staff of Summit Post, an online newspaper, was arrested in his home in Abuja in a commando-style attack by security...
Police Arrest Two Journalists Covering #NorthIsBleeding Protest in Abuja
Operatives of the Nigerian Police on December 15, 2021 arrested two journalists with Roots TV, Mr.Tosin Busayo, a cameraman, and Mr. Precious Uzoanya, a reporter with the television station in the Garki Area of...
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...
