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Nigeria Impunity
Nigeria Update: Army Seeks Reconciliation with Abused Newspaper
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 1, 2017.
The Media Foundation for West Africa has learnt with satisfaction that the spokesman for...
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Press Freedom under Siege in West Africa: 30 Media Workers Arrested in 38 Days
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 20, 2017.
Press freedom has come under severe attack in West Africa as security agencies, particularly...
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“Radio is You”: Let Your Voice Be Heard – AFEX
On the occasion of this year’s World Radio Day, which is being celebrated under the theme “Radio is You,” members of the African Freedom...
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January in West Africa: New Dawn in Gambia, Massive Police Crackdown in Nigeria, Media Bans Lifted in Benin
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 7, 2017.
January 2017, witnessed a number of major press freedom and freedom of expression developments...
Nigeria Access To Information
AFEX Urges Nigeria Police to Stop Harassing Journalists
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) calls on Nigeria’s Police to stop harassing journalists in the country following reports on freedom of expression...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Journalist Arrested, Forced to Delete Photographs
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 27, 2017.
In the morning of January 25, 2017, Ms Ujunwa Atueyi, a journalist with the...
Nigeria Censorship
Halt Harassment of Premium Times Newspaper, IPC Calls for Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Media Freedom
This statement was originally published on Ipcng.org on January 20, 2017.
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has described the invasion of the premises of...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Police Arrest Publisher of Online News Portal for Alleged Defamation
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 14, 2014.
Nigerian police have arrested Desmond Utomwen, publisher of FreshNews, an online journal, following a...
Nigeria Censorship
Nigeria: Journalists Barred from Abuja High Court
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 12, 2017.
Journalists who went to the Federal High Court in Abuja to cover a case...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Prison Official Assaults Journalists
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 29, 2016.
On June 28, 2016, a prison official, A. A. Teriba, assaulted some journalists who...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Militants Attack Radio Station
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 26, 2016.
On June 23, 2016, individuals suspected to be Niger-Delta militants armed with guns and...
Nigeria Digital Rights
Nigeria: Judge Directs NGOs to put National Assembly ‘On Notice’ Over Anti-Social Media Bill
Originally issued by MRA on March 24, 2016
A Federal High Court in Lagos has directed that the National Assembly be “put on notice” before...