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Authorities re-filed forgery charges against these two Leadership journalists. (Courtesy Leadership)

Nigeria re-files charges against Leadership journalists

June 27, 2013 4:59 PM EDT

Abuja, Nigeria, June 27, 2013–Nigerian authorities should stop the legal harassment of journalists in connection with a critical story about President Goodluck Jonathan’s political plans, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A reporter and editor for the Nigerian daily Leadership, and a representative of the Leadership parent company, were arraigned in court today and…

Nigeria’s impunity ranking: The facts don’t lie

May 3, 2013 5:35 PM EDT

Nigeria’s press freedom record is on the decline. For the first time since 2008, when CPJ began publishing its annual Impunity Index, Nigeria has made the list of the “worst nations in the world for deadly, unpunished violence against the press.”

CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom

May 2, 2013 2:40 PM EDT

Dear Chairperson Zuma: We ask that you mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2013, by calling for the release of all journalists imprisoned in Africa and appealing for justice in the murders of journalists killed in the line of duty.

Getting Away With Murder

May 2, 2013 12:01 AM EDT

CPJ’s 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free

Two journalists with a daily paper in Nigeria have been charged with forgery. (Courtesy Leadership)

Nigerian journalists could face life in jail on forgery charges

April 19, 2013 3:13 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, April 19, 2013–Two Nigerian journalists and their employer have been charged with forgery in connection with their publication of a memo reported to be from President Goodluck Jonathan, according to news reports. If convicted, the journalists could face life terms.

Nigeria bans film on oil corruption, warns director

April 17, 2013 2:34 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, April 17, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a recent decision by the Nigerian government to ban the exhibition and distribution of a documentary film on corruption in the state’s management of oil wealth, “Fuelling Poverty.”

The office of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said a memo published by Leadership newspaper was fictitious. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria police harass Leadership staff over memo

April 10, 2013 5:39 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, April 10, 2013–Nigerian police should stop harassing the staff of the leading independent daily Leadership over a story critical of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On Monday, police in the capital Abuja summoned four Leadership journalists for questioning over an April 3 story entitled “Outrage Trails Presidential Directive…

Nigerian broadcast regulator closes down radio station

March 4, 2013 3:12 PM EST

New York, March 4, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a decision by Nigeria’s media regulatory body to shut down a radio station in connection with a broadcast that questioned the local government’s motives in an anti-polio vaccination program.

Al-Mizan editor Musa Muhammad Awwal. (Al-Mizan)

Nigeria harasses, intimidates journalist for critical weekly

February 15, 2013 4:02 PM EST

Abuja, Nigeria, February 15, 2013–Authorities should halt their harassment of a Nigerian journalist whose paper published allegations of extrajudicial detentions being carried out by the country’s special army unit, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.Armed officers of Nigeria’s Joint Task Force and members of the State Secret Service (SSS) raided the Kaduna home of…

Attacks on the Press: Oil, Money, and the Press

February 14, 2013 12:05 AM EST

New oil deals drive optimism, but the public knows little about the details. By Tom Rhodes