Drug Traffickers Beat Journalist for Reporting on their Activities
On April 16, 2021, Frederick Olatunde Odimayo, a freelance reporter and editor with the privately-owned radio station, Grace FM, Lokoja in Kogi State, was beaten up until he lost consciousness by five persons suspected...
Journalist Arrested for Criticising a State Governor
Mr. Sunday Egena Odeh, the State House correspondent of Peoples Daily, an Abuja-based newspaper was on April 30, 2021 at about 5.30pm arrested at the AYA roundabout in Abuja by officers of the Nigeria...
NBC Fines Two Stations N5 Million Each for Alleged Breach of Broadcasting Code
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on May 6, 2021, announced that it had fined Channels Television and Inspiration FM radio N5 million each for alleged breach of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code despite criticism that...
Police Detain Newspaper Vendor for Undisclosed Reasons
On May 13, 2021, the Delta State Police Command arrested and detained a newspaper vendor, Mr Patrick Onwuaha, popularly known as Ocha, incommunicado, without disclosing the reasons for his arrest and detention.
Patrick who had...
Police Brutalises Journalists Covering Protest in Abuja
A cameraman with Arise Television, Francis Ogbonna and a journalist with Premium Times, Ebuka Onyeji, were on October 11, 2020 assaulted while covering a news conference where Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu...
Journalists Covering Edo State Governorship Election Attacked by Thugs
On September 19, 2020, two journalists, Samson Adenekan and Nathaniel Offel, who covered the Edo State governorship election at Ward 10 (Uzairue North East), Polling Unit 1 of Etsako West local government, were attacked...
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...
