Kashim Shettima

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President Bola Tinubu waves during his swearing-in ceremony in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on May 29, 2023.

Tracking Tinubu’s tenure: CPJ exposes Nigeria’s media repression reality

In the three years since Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, journalists have been repeatedly arrested, attacked, and harassed — yet, the government has sought to deny this reality. Vice President Kashim Shettima suggested in February that no journalists have been harassed in Nigeria since Tinubu took office, despite extensive…

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