Human Rights
EFCC Releases Detained Lawyer As NBA Members Protest In Oyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a lawyer, Phillip Tunji Ojo, who was detained in its facility in Oyo State...
Again, Zambia’s President To Hit Journalist Zgambo With 7-Years Prison Sentence For Reporting on Corruption, Bad Governance
Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo is facing up to seven years in prison for reporting corruption and governance in the country. According to...
Abuja Residents Protest Against Navy Signpost On Iddo Community Land
Abuja residents of the Iddo Community, in their numbers, have blocked the Airport Road to protest the takeover of lands by the Nigerian...
Amnesty International Condemns NLC Chairman’s Police Invite
Amnesty International has on Tuesday condemned the terrorism-related allegations levelled against Joe Ajaero, the President of Nigeria’s Labor Congress (NLC), stating it can...
British Authorities Crackdown On Press Freedom, Arrest Richard Medhurst Under Terrorism Act
The British authorities on Thursday arrested an internationally accredited journalist, Richard Thomas Medhurst, at Heathrow Airport on alleged violation of Section 12 of...
CJID, Citizens’ Gavel, Journalists, and Others Write to Tinubu Over Press Freedom Attacks
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), Citizens’ Gavel, Journalists, Media Professionals, and other CSOs have, in a formal letter written to...
FIJ’s Editor-in-Chief Fisayo Soyombo Voluntarily Reports to Police Cybercrime Centre Abuja
Investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has voluntarily presented himself at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) in Abuja, following publicly available information...
Nigerians React To Bill Seeking Prison Terms For Protesters, Those Insulting Politicians, Others
Nigerians have vehemently opposed the proposed Counter Subversion Bill 2024, recognising it as a potential threat to the fundamental human rights and freedom...
Newspaper Blackout In Senegal As Publishers Protest Against Govt. Threats To Press Freedom
National newspapers in Senegal did not publish on Tuesday in protest against threats to press freedom under the new government. Newspapers were placed...
#EndBadGovernance Protest Leader Released After Three Days In Custody, Others Still Detained
One of the leaders of the #EndBadGovernance protest, Babatunde Oluajo, has been released after being detained for three days by the Office of...
Governor Dapo Abiodun Fails to Deliver on 3-Week Promise To #FixIfoRoads- Group Calls for Action
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has broken the three weeks’ promises to commence construction of roads in Ifo Local Government Area, including Alagbole,...
Nigerian Police Arrests 10 Protesters For Flying Russian Flags, 101 Others For Violence in Gombe
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) said it has arrested 10 protesters for flying Russian flags in Gombe State and 101 others for violence-related...