International Centre for Investigative Reporting

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Nigerian security forces lob teargas canisters to disperse an anti-government demonstration to protest against bad governance and economic hardship in Abuja, Nigeria, on August 2, 2024.

In Nigeria, at least 56 journalists attacked and harassed as protests roil region

“He hit me with a gun butt,” Premium Times newspaper reporter Yakubu Mohammed told the Committee to Protect Journalists, recalling how he was struck by a police officer while reporting on cost-of-living protests in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja on August 1. Two other officers beat him, seized his phone, and threw him in a police…

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On May 20, officers with the Nigeria Police Force-National Cybercrime Center summoned Nurudeen Akewushola, a reporter with the nonprofit ICIR news agency, for questioning in connection with a police investigation “into a case of cyberstalking and defamation of character." (Photo courtesy of Nurudeen Akewushola)

In Nigeria, 2 ICIR journalists summoned, questioned over corruption report

Abuja, May 31, 2024—Nigerian police authorities should immediately drop their criminal investigation into journalist Nurudeen Akewushola and the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), and allow them to work free of harassment and fear of arrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.  On May 20, officers with the Nigeria Police Force-National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC)…

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At least 14 journalists detained, attacked, or harassed covering Nigeria’s election

Abuja, February 27, 2023 – At least 14 journalists and media workers were detained, harassed, or attacked while covering Nigeria’s presidential and federal elections, including private news website WikkiTimes owner Haruna Mohammed Salisu, who remains in police custody without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Police detained Salisu on February 25 in Duguri…

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Law enforcement and unidentified assailants attack Nigerian journalists and media offices during protests

Abuja, October 26, 2020 – Nigerian authorities should conduct a swift and transparent investigation into recent attacks on journalists and media outlets and ensure that the press can cover ongoing protests safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.   Since October 5, police and demonstrators have attacked at least 12 journalists covering protests against police…

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Journalist detained for four days in Cameroon, accused of espionage

Simon Ateba, a freelance Cameroonian journalist, was arrested at the Minawao refugee camp in the far north of Cameroon at around noon on August 28, 2015, according to news reports.

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