Journalists killed in Nigeria since 1992
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Nigerian Broadcasting Commission closes Ekiti state radio and TV
July 18, 2018 12:10 PM ET
New York, July 18, 2018--The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the federal government-run broadcast regulator, should immediately permit the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) to reopen, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On July 14, police acting on the order of the NBC evacuated the state government-owned radio...
Nigerian president Buhari must ensure release of journalist Jones Abiri
June 20, 2018 5:33 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 20 other organizations call for the release of journalist Jones Abiri, who has been held by Nigeria's Department of State Security (DSS) for nearly two years, and the DSS to be held accountable for its attacks against journalists in Nigeria.
Nigerian journalist Tony Ezimakor released; colleague remains behind bars
March 6, 2018 7:06 PM ET
New York, March 6, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the release today of Tony Ezimakor, Abuja bureau chief of the privately owned Daily Independent newspaper, who was held by Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) since February 28. Ezimakor was released unconditionally from DSS custody in Abuja around 10:30...
Nigeria's intelligence agency detains journalist to force him to reveal sources
March 6, 2018 4:59 PM ET
EDITOR'S NOTE: Immediately after distributing this alert, CPJ learned that Ezimakor was freed just prior to publication. CPJ issued a separate statement concerning his release. Lomé, March 6, 2018--Nigerian authorities should release immediately Tony Ezimakor, the Abuja bureau chief of the privately owned Daily Independent newspaper, and stop trying...
Two Nigerian journalists charged with cybercrime
February 27, 2018 2:09 PM ET
Lomé, February 27, 2018--Nigerian authorities should immediately drop plans to charge Timothy and Daniel Elombah, editor and chief executive respectively, of the independent Elombah news website, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Two Nigerian journalists assaulted after denied access to Buhari appearance in Kaduna
January 19, 2018 11:59 AM ET
Nigerian police on January 4, 2018, denied at least 10 journalists access to the public commissioning of a dry port in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state, and then assaulted at least two of the reporters, according to accounts form the two reporters, Enemaku Ojochigbe and Taye Adeni, and the Daily Trust...
Nigerian journalist detained over critical article he didn't write
January 8, 2018 2:53 PM ET
Lomé, January 8, 2018--Nigerian authorities should immediately release Timothy Elombah, editor of the news website Elombah, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security forces arrested the journalist at his home in Nnewi, a city in Anambra state, on January 1, 2018, according to his lawyer, Obunike Ohaegbu, and...
Record number of journalists jailed as Turkey, China, Egypt pay scant price for repression
December 13, 2017 12:00 AM ET
For the second year in a row, the number of journalists imprisoned for their work hit a historical high, as the U.S. and other Western powers failed to pressure the world’s worst jailers--Turkey, China, and Egypt--into improving the bleak climate for press freedom. A CPJ special report by Elana...
Nigerian court orders journalist facing false reporting charge to be detained
July 17, 2017 5:01 PM ET
New York, July 17, 2017--Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Luka Binniyat and release the journalist from jail immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A judge ordered the journalist to be detained on charges of "breach of public peace" and false reporting over an article he wrote...