Nigerian govt orders TV, radio stations to deactivate Twitter accounts
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the use of the popular microblogging platform, Twitter. This was contained in a statement issued by its Director General, Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday morning. Mr Idachaba said television and radio stations are advised to de-install twitter handles and “desist from using twitter as […]
Nigerian journalist beaten over drug reporting
Abuja, April 28, 2021 – Nigerian authorities should thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist Frederick Olatunde Odimayo and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On April 16, in Lokoja, the capital of the northwestern state of Kogi, five men attacked Odimayo, a freelance reporter and editor with the privately-owned […]
Insurgency: Nigerian Army punishes journalist for asking questions on arms procurement
THE Nigerian Army has punished a senior journalist Amadin Uyi for asking questions on how it spent allocations on armaments and other logistics for the prosecution of war against insurgency and related security threats facing the nation between 2015 and 2019. Peeved by Uyi’s ‘irrelevant questions,’ the Army’s public relations department removed him from a […]
Nigerian journalist Haruna Mohammed Salisu threatened over report on alleged fraud
Nigerian authorities should thoroughly investigate the threatening message received by journalist Haruna Mohammed Salisu and ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On March 13, at about 9 a.m., Salisu, owner and reporter at the privately owned WikkiTimes news website, found a note slipped under his office door in the city of Bauchi, the […]
Nigerian news website Peoples Gazette blocked, threatened with legal action
On January 26, four mobile internet service providers operating in Nigeria – India-based Airtel, South Africa-based MTN, Nigeria-based 9mobile, and Glo, which is owned by local company Globacom – blocked the privately owned Peoples Gazette in Nigeria, according to the outlet’s managing editor, Samuel Ogundipe, who spoke to CPJ via phone. As of February 5, access continued to […]
Nigerian journalist Benjamin Anaja beaten, detained by security forces
On February 3, 2021, in Ikeja, the capital of Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos state, nine officers from the state Environmental Sanitation Corps assaulted and detained Benjamin Anaja, a reporter with the privately owned The Guild news website, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ in a phone interview, and a statement by the International Press Centre, a local press […]
Nigerian police attack journalist Eniola Daniel over photographs of building demolitions
Abuja, March 4, 2021 — Nigerian authorities should conduct a credible and transparent investigation into the assault of journalist Eniola Daniel and hold his attackers to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At about 11 a.m. on February 28, seven police officers—six in uniforms and one in plain clothes—attacked Daniel, a reporter with […]