Journalist Petitions DSS over Attempted Assassination by Political Thugs
On March 23, 2023, Mr. Nasiru Salisu Zango, a broadcast journalist, lodged a petition with the Director of the Department of State Service (DSS) in Kano State, alleging attempted assassination and death threats from political...
Publisher Remanded for Cybercrime, Released on Bail after one Week
On March 27, 2023, Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory ordered Mr. Agba Jalingo to be remanded at the medium-security custodial centre in Kuje after refusing...
Coalition Condemns Attack on Journalist by Mob
The Coalition of Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF), of which Media Rights Agenda (MRA) is a member, has issued a strong condemnation of the attack on Mr. Sinafi Omanga, a reporter with the...
Immigration Officers Assault Journalist in Ibadan
Mr. Seun Falomo, a cameraman with Galaxy Television, was on April 5, 2024, assaulted by immigration officers while he was covering the arrest of an official of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency...
Magistrate Court Sentences Journalists to 5 Months Imprisonment for Criminal Defamation
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on February 7, 2023, sentenced two journalists: Mr. Gidado Shuiab and Mr. Alfred Oluyemi, to five months imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each...
Journalist Petitions Police over Threats to his Life
Mr. Jamiu Folarin, a journalist with Rockcity 101.9 FM, on March 22, 2024, petitioned the Ogun State Police Command over alleged threats to his life by land grabbers in Ogun State, South-west Nigeria following...
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...
