Nigeria Among Worst in Unsolved Murders of Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a media watchdog group has said that the countries on its list were home to the majority of killings over the past 10 years.
Press, media, cameras
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Journalists Charged With Criminal Defamation, Breach of Peace
CPJ, 29 October 2019
Authorities should drop all charges against journalists Joe Ogbodu and Prince Amour Udemude, and reform Nigeria's penal code to ensure that journalism is not criminalized, the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Police Detain Webmaster Over Published Investigative Story
Premium Times, 29 October 2019
Police operatives have arrested a professional webmaster, Adebowale Adekoya, over an investigative news story published last year. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Journalists to File Petition Against Akwa Ibom Judge
Premium Times, 28 October 2019
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, said it is going to file a petition against Margaret Ekpedoho, a magistrate in Akwa Ibom sanitation court who threw… Read more »
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Africa:
Journalists, Scholars Brainstorm On Practice of Investigative Journalism in Africa
Premium Times, 28 October 2019
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) has kicked off in Johannesburg, South Africa, with about 300 participants from around the world. Read more »
InFocus
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Nigerian civil society leaders and activists have asked the government to ensure the safety of Fisayo Soyombo, the undercover journalist who exposed the rot in the Nigerian prison ... Read more »