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Nigerian reporter threatened over Boko Haram coverage

March 19, 2012 1:32 PM EDT

New York, March 19, 2012–A Nigerian journalist who has extensively covered the conflict between the government and Islamist sect Boko Haram says his life is under threat. Ahmad Salkida, an independent journalist, told CPJ that he noticed a white 4X4 Hilux with a Lagos state registration number following him on Thursday for several hours, including…

Nigerian soldiers stand guard in the central city of Jos. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye)

Nigeria’s military obstructs journalists covering unrest

February 8, 2012 6:00 PM EST

New York, February 8, 2012–Nigeria’s military has harassed and obstructed journalists trying to report on unrest in recent days, according to local journalists and news reports.

Over 60 journalists reporting from the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, are locked out of their long-time press center. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerian airport journalists locked out, equipment held

February 7, 2012 5:40 PM EST

New York, February 7, 2012–Nigerian authorities have locked reporters based at the country’s biggest airport out of their press center and withheld their equipment since Saturday, according to local journalists and news reports.

Journalist Enenche Akogwu was shot dead today while interviewing witnesses of a terrorist attack. (Channels TV)

Nigerian reporter murdered while covering bombings

January 20, 2012 5:42 PM EST

New York, January 20, 2012–A television reporter covering the aftermath of coordinated terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria was gunned down this afternoon, according to local journalists and news reports.

News editor Nansok Sallah was found dead on Thursday morning. (Highland FM)

Nigerian journalist killed; colleagues suspect murder

January 20, 2012 3:38 PM EST

New York, January 20, 2012–Nigerian authorities should launch a thorough and transparent investigation into the murder of a radio journalist whose body was found on Thursday morning, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Nigerians have been protesting for five days over the removal of a fuel subsidy. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

#OccupyNigeria protesters take on news media coverage

January 13, 2012 6:23 PM EST

Protesters in Nigeria are not only angry at their government’s New Year’s Day decision to eliminate a fuel subsidy — they are also upset about news media coverage of the citizens’ movement, dubbed “Occupy Nigeria,” and have taken their protests to local media outlets.

For journalists, coverage of political unrest proves deadly

December 20, 2011 12:01 AM EST

Journalists die at high rates while covering protests in the Arab world and elsewhere. Photographers and freelancers appear vulnerable. Pakistan is again the deadliest nation. A CPJ special report

Defending the middle ground of online journalism

November 14, 2011 6:57 PM EST

It’s easy to use polarizing descriptions of online news-gathering. It’s the domain of citizen journalists, blogging without pay and institutional support, or it’s a sector filled with the digital works of “mainstream media” facing financial worries and struggling to offer employees the protection they once provided. But there is a growing middle ground: trained reporters…

Nigerian journalist killed; Islamists claim responsibility

October 24, 2011 2:17 PM EDT

New York, October 24, 2011–Authorities in northeastern Nigeria must urgently take steps to ensure the safety of media workers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today following Saturday’s assassination of a journalist in a shooting claimed by Islamist militants.

Nigeria police arrest six journalists

October 12, 2011 4:55 PM EDT

New York, October 12, 2011–Police in Nigeria arrested six journalists and one staff member from independent daily The Nation on Tuesday concerning the publication of a purported private letter from former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan about administrators of government agencies, local journalists reported.On the front page of its October 4…