Nigeria: Magistrate Orders Journalists Not to Cover Proceedings

Lagos — Less than a month after an Ikeja Magistrate, in Lagos, ordered policemen to beat up journalists covering a matter in her court, a Cele, Ijesa, Magistrate in Lagos, yesterday, barred journalists from covering a matter in her court.

She said newsmen can only seat and observe proceedings in court, but warned them not to publish a matter still in her court.

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