Soldier Threatens to Shoot Journalist
On March 19, 2023, a soldier, identified as Lance Corporal Samson, who was among a team of military personnel who mounted a roadblock attacked journalists who were on official assignments, covering the governorship and...
Reporter Threatened with Death for Reporting Poorly Executed Project
Mr. Saviour Imukudo, a Premium Times online newspaper reporter, was reportedly threatened with death for investigating a poorly executed constituency project in Akwa Ibom State. He alleged that he was threatened by agents of...
High Court Judge Expels Journalists from Covering Court Proceedings.
The order followed the application of Mr. Sunday Joseph, counsel to and a director of the Legal and Prosecution Department at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), who, applying for protection of a...
Radio Worker Detained for Airing ‘Offensive’ Song against Nigerian Governor Released after Two Months
Mr. Casmir Chinonye Uzomah, a staff in the technical department of Orient FM/Television, operated by the Imo State-owned Broadcasting Station, who was arrested on August 4, 2022, by operatives of the Department of State...
Journalists Covering Primaries by Splinter Party Group Arrested, Detained
On May 23, 2022, four media workers, Sunny Ohioze of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and his cameraman; Deborah Coker of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and Ogbomo Osamuyi of Independent Television (ITV) were...
Publisher Alleges Threat to His Life
Mr. Sufuyan Ojeifo, the publisher of an online newspaper, The Conclave, has accused Mr. Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, a Federal Commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), of allegedly threatening his life following his...
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...
