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...
UNESCO Seeks Feedback on Universality of the Internet
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is seeking feedback from stakeholders on its project on “Internet Universality”. This is in the context of the comprehensive study into internet issues which was...
IFJ Publishes Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2013
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published its full report on the number of journalists and media staff killed across the globe in 2013. Titled "In Mortal Danger: Journalist & Media Staff Killed...
Radio presenter shot and kidnapped
On March 13, 2014 at about 2am local time, unknown gunmen broke into the residence of a radio presenter, Mr. Anthony Akatakpo, shot him in the leg and took him to unknown destination. Akatakpo is...
Security Officials Assault Newspaper Correspondent
On January 24, 2014, in the premises of S.S Peter and Paul Major Seminary, Bodija in Ibadan, south western Nigeria, officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) assaulted Mr. Adebayo Waheed,...
Gunmen Shoot News Agency Photojournalist
On January 13, 2014, at about 10.30PM local time, Mr. Callistus Ewelike, a photojournalist with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was shot in front of his house at Nyanya area of Abuja. He...
