Man Arrested, Tortured by Police over Facebook Post Criticising a Senator
On May 8, 2022 armed operatives from the Kaduna State Police Command arrested a young man, Mr. Husaini Galadima, over a post on his Facebook page in which he accused Senator Uba Sani, representing...
Police Raid Peoples Gazette Newspaper Office, Arrest Editor, Four Others
Armed operatives of the Nigerian Police on July 22, 2022 raided the head office of Peoples Gazette newspaper in the Utako area of Abuja during which they arrested and briefly detained five of its...
Court Remands Two Arraigned for Allegedly Defaming Osun State Assembly Speaker
On June 7, 2023, a magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, remanded two men, Mr. Ajibola Oluwasegun and Mr. Ajiboye Babatunde, in correctional custody after they were arraigned for allegedly defaming...
Journalist Declared Wanted by Nigerian Army Arrested at Airport
On September 5, 2016, Ahmed Salkida, a Nigerian journalist based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates was arrested by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport while disembarking...
Armed Hoodlums Attack Harmony FM Radio, Loot Equipment
On October 31, 2023, Harmony 103.5 FM, a radio station under the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) group of stations, located in Idofian, in Kwara State, was attacked by four suspected hoodlums who...
Armed Thugs Attack, Assault Journalist
At about 6pm on June 3, 2017, Mr. Charles Otu, the Ebonyi State Correspondent of The Guardian newspaper was accosted at Vanco Junction in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, by armed men suspected to...
MRA Condemns Police Harassment of Journalists, Calls on President Tinubu to...
LAGOS, Friday, May 17, 2024: Media Rights Agenda (MRA), today condemned recent acts of harassment and intimidation of journalists and media organizations by the...
