Journalist Assaulted, Arrested and Detained While Covering Police Raid on BDC Operators in Abuja
On February 21, 2024, Ms Kasarahchi Aniagolu, a reporter with The Whistler newspaper, was assaulted, arrested and detained by the anti-violent crime unit of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) while covering a raid by...
Photojournalist Assaulted, Arrested while Covering Protest by Aviation Unions in Lagos
Mr. Benedict Uwalaka, a photojournalist with Daily Trust newspaper, was on April 17, 2023, assaulted, arrested and detained for covering a protest by members of aviation unions at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) domestic...
Magistrate Court Sentences Two Journalists Over Defamation
On November 29, 2023, Magistrate Court 4 sitting in Asaba, Delta State sentenced two journalists: Mr. Joe Ogbodu, Managing Editor of Bigpen Nigeria, an online newspaper, and Prince Amour Udemude, to prison for the...
IPI Global Network Condemns Arbitrary Fines on Broadcasters, Calls for Withdrawal
The global network media group, the International Press Institute (IPI), has condemned the arbitrary fines imposed on Nigerian broadcasters and platforms, Trust TV, Multichoice Nigeria Limited, TelCom Satellite Limited, and NTA-Startimes Limited after they...
Reporter Covering Election Assaulted by Suspected Political Thugs
TheCable’s judiciary correspondent, Bolanle Olabimtan, was on February 25, 2023, assaulted, injured, and her phone seized by persons suspected to be political thugs while covering the Presidential and National Assembly elections at ward 03,...
Security Agents Intercept Reporter, Delete Pictures from his Smartphone
Security agents, suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on February 25, 2023 intercepted and questioned Adesola Ikulajolu, a reporter with Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), about his...
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...
