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Journalist Who ‘Leaked’ Peter Obi, Oyedepo’s Phone Call Conversation Suspended

Adekunle Fajana Apr 5, 2023 0

Ayoola Babalola, the journalist who is responsible for the release of the phone conversation between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop…

Metro

ECOWAS Court Awards N30Million Against FG For Torturing Journalist, Agba Jalingo

Edna Wande Jul 9, 2021 0

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court in Abuja has awarded N30 million against President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for its ill-treatment of journalist, Agba Jalingo. The judgment was delivered on Friday…

Human Interest

A Cry For Help!: Journalist, Laura Nduoyo Needs Financial Assistance To Undergo Surgery (Photos)

Edna Wande Jul 7, 2021 0

Laura Nduoyo, a journalist and public relations practitioner, has taken to social media to seek financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians to undergo fistula surgery. A fistula is an abnormal connection between two body parts, such…

Metro

Pelumi Onifade: Grieving Mother Cries For Justice As Police Allegedly Shoot 20-Year-Old Journalist…

Edna Wande Nov 5, 2020 0

Family of a journalist with Gboah online television, Pelumi Onifade, has demanded justice after he was allegedly shot dead by a policeman in the Agege/Gegetu area of the Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State. According to…

Local

Police Fire Teargas At #EndSARS Protesters, Brutalise Journalist In Abuja (photos/videos)

Edna Wande Oct 19, 2020 0

Policemen have on Monday fired tear gas at #EndSARS campaigners in Abuja, despite warning from the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, against deployment of force against peaceful protesters. Some of the protesters who were…

Local

Femi Fani-Kayode Lashes Out On Journalist During Press Briefing, Says He Has No Apology To Offer For…

Edna Wande Aug 25, 2020 0

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria, has lashed out at a journalist during a press conference in Calabar, Cross Rivers state on August 20. Fani-Kayode, recently took a tour of some South-South and southeast…

Local

17 Days After Detention, Police Charges Journalist Jolayemi Oba Akewi For ‘Causing Annoyance’…

Edna Wande May 23, 2020 0

Nigeria Police Force has charged a journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi popularly known as Oba Akewi, to court for acting in a manner that can incite ‘annoyance’ and ‘hatred’ towards the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.…

Local

Minister Of Information And Culture, Lai Mohammed Allegedly Orders Detaining Of Journalist Over…

Edna Wande May 19, 2020 0

Rotimi Jolayemi, a freelance broadcaster, has been detained for 12 days allegedly on the order of Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture. Jolayemi, known as Oba Akewi, is the vice-chairman Freelance and Independent Radio…

News

Federal High Court Of Nigeria Grants Detained Journalist Agba Jalingo Bail

Edna Wande Feb 13, 2020 0

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River has on February 13 granted bail to the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo. Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, granted the journalist N10 million bail,…

News

NLC Writes Nigerian Government, Seeks Release Of Detained Journalist Agba Jalingo

Edna Wande Feb 12, 2020 0

Mr Agba Jalingo inside the courtroom The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has joined the growing number of groups that have called on the Nigerian government to free the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, from prison. In a…

News

How Sowore Stormed The Police HQ In Abuja, Secured Release Of Detained Journalist

Lily Dada Aug 20, 2018 0

Omoyele Sowore, presidential aspirant under the newly formed African Action Congress (AAC) and publisher of Sahara Reporters, stormed the headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force with members of the #TakeItBack movement to demand the…

News

After Two Years In Detention, Nigerian Journalist Jones Abiri Regains Freedom

Lily Dada Aug 16, 2018 0

Jones Abiri, the Nigerian journalist detained for over two years has been released. He was released on Wednesday evening after he met his bail conditions READ ALSO: Nigerian Journalist, Jones Abiri Remanded In Keffi Prison For Alleged…

News

Journalist Raises Alarm Over Cases Of Child Trafficking And Teenage Marriage In Benue IDP Camps

Lily Dada Jul 5, 2018 0

A journalist, who has been documenting stories and photo in various IDP camps in Benue State, has raised alarm over alleged child trafficking and teenage marriage in the camps sue to hunger. According to Akume Raphael, when he confronted…

News

UI Suspends Campus Journalist For 2016 Article On Poor Hostel Facilities

Lily Dada Jun 16, 2018 0

The management of the University of Ibadan has suspended Kunle Adebajo, a 500 level student of the faculty of law, for two semesters. Adebajo, who was supposed to proceed to Law School, was suspended over his 2016 article, UI: The…

Opinions/Articles

Repeal Criminal Defamation And Insult Laws, Now! – PEN Nigeria

Lily Dada May 4, 2018 0

PEN Nigeria joins PEN International in calling for the repeal of criminal defamation and insult laws across the African continent. We also call for the unconditional release of the Nigerian journalist, Jones Abiri. As we…

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