Nigeria
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
MRA Calls on Nigerian Government to Ensure Safety, Release of Kidnapped Radio Presenter
Lagos, Wednesday, May 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Monday’s abduction of Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, a presenter with the Pacesetter FM station...
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Journalist Sacked over Suspected Coronavirus Infection, Another Sacked Over Coronavirus Report
Two journalists (from Senegal and Nigeria) have been sacked from their media outlets over coronavirus-related issues.
In Senegal, a journalist with Le Soleil newspaper, Fatou...
Nigeria Safety of Journalists
Stakeholders Must Promote and Protect the Safety of Journalists in Nigeria-IMS
The Institute for Media and Society (IMS) in Nigeria is delighted to join the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom...
Nigeria Impunity
MRA, IPC Petition Code of Conduct Bureau over Violation of Journalists Rights, Seek Removal of Ebonyi State Governor from Office for Abuse of Office
Two Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asking...
Nigeria
MRA, IPC Petition Code of Conduct Bureau over Violation of Journalists Rights, Seek Removal of Ebonyi State Governor from Office for Abuse of Office
Two Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asking...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: IPC Flays Continuing Attacks on Journalists and the Media
The International Press Centre, Lagos has again decried the rising spate of assaults on journalists and the media by law enforcement and security agents...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
MRA Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering COVID-19, Calls on Government of Nigeria to Ensure Respect for Media Freedom
LAGOS, Monday, March 30, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and security agencies on journalists...
Nigeria
MRA Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering COVID-19, Calls on Government of Nigeria to Ensure Respect for Media Freedom
LAGOS, Monday, March 30, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and security agencies on journalists...
Nigeria Free Expression and The Law
COVID-19: IPC Calls for Measures to Protect Journalists; Urges Caution in Reporting the Pandemic
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, has called on media proprietors (both private and government) to provide journalists covering the Covid-19 health crisis in...
Nigeria
IPC Condemns Trailing of Premium Times Journalists
The International Press Centre Lagos (IPC) is disconcerted by reports of security surveillance of Premium Times Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Musikilu Mojeed and Reporter, Samuel Ogundipe.
A...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Boko Haram Islamist Sect Leader Warns Journalists, Threatens Others
The Boko Haram Islamist sect leader,Abubakar Shekau, has warned journalists to be careful about their reporting of the sect’s activities and threatened to “deal”...
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Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut
Four fatalities have already been recorded in an alarming start to 2020, as Guinea and Nigeria began the year on the same repressive note...