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...
Journalists Beaten, Dragged Out of Stadium
On November 10, 2022, a group of journalists who were covering and assessing the level of damage at the site of a building under construction at the Stephen Keshi International Stadium in Asaba, Delta...
Newspaper Correspondent Threatened, Police Refuse to Provide Protection
Mr. Etim Ekpima, The Punch newspaper correspondent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital in southern Nigeria, has been asked by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gabriel Achong, to leave the State as the...
CWPPF Condemns Attack on Thunder Blowers Newspaper, Demands Unconditional Release of Abducted Journalist
The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the attack on Thunder Blowers newspaper in Gusau, Zamfara State, by suspected political thugs over its reporting and analysis on the activities of...
CWPPF Condemns Attacks on Media, Calls for Adequate Security and Protection for Media Workers
The Coalition of Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the persistent attacks on journalists in Nigeria and called on the government to protect all media workers in the country.
The Coalition cited the...
Police Detain Publisher over Alleged Cyberstalking
On July 25, 2022, the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja detained the publisher of Taraba Truth and Facts newspaper, Mr. Samuel Ayodele, after he honoured an invitation over a petition...