Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who is the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday. According to Punch, one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United […]
The Anambra commissioner for women and social welfare, Ify Obinabo said a nurse, identified as Amarachukwu Nzekwe, has been arrested for allegedly abusing her 13-year-old nephew. In a statement on Wednesday, Obinabo said the 38-year-old nurse was arrested on August 19 after she inflicted injuries on the teenager using a hot laundry iron on his […]
The media in Senegal observed a news blackout on August 13, 2024, in protest of repressive measures taken against them by the new government. Several news outlets responded positively to a call by the Conseil des diffuseurs et éditeurs de la presse du Sénégal (CDEPS), an organisation representing broadcast and publishing companies, to suspend publication […]
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, has withdrawn the counter subversion bill. The bill prescribes a 10-year jail term, N5 million fine or both for those who refuse to recite the national anthem and pledge. The legislation has since elicited outrage from the public. In a statement on Wednesday, Musa Krishi, spokesperson of […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, to “apply the Commonwealth Charter to hold the Nigerian authorities accountable for reports of attacks on journalists covering the #EndBadGovernance protests and peaceful demonstrations in some parts of the country.” SERAP also urged Scotland to use the Commonwealth Charter […]
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Tuesday condemned the incessant arrest and detention of journalists in the country while carrying out their constitutionally assigned role. Coming under a motion of urgent public importance titled “Need to curtail the incessant and unlawful arrest and detention of journalists by law enforcement agencies”, sponsor of the […]
The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, on Wednesday, held that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Catherine Udeh and two others. The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, specifically pertaining to the […]
Gabriel Idibia, a journalist with the Daily Times, was reportedly brutalised for “taking pictures of cattle shepherded by police”. Idibia was said to have taken the pictures along Kachia expressway in Kaduna state, and was subsequently arrested on June 11. In a statement on Saturday, the Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has refused to either release Piu Awoke, an Ebonyi-based lawyer who was indiscriminately arrested by the agency in 2021, or charge him in court. A source who is familiar with the matter but does not want to be named told FIJ that Awoke was arrested by the DSS […]
The Nigeria Police Force has insisted that the arrest of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter, Mr Daniel Ojukwu, is in strict compliance with legal protocols and procedures. Ojukwu, who spent 10 days in police custody, was arrested for allegedly violating the country’s Cybercrime Act, often criticized as a tool for censorship. The […]
