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How PIDOMNigeria's 3-Week Detention Violates Nigerian and International Law
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Police Fail To Arraign PIDOM This Week As Promised

The Nigerian Police Force has reneged in its promise to arraign popular whistleblower PIDOMNIGERIA (Isaac Bristol) in court this week. He continues to...

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Sierra Leoneans Call On President Bio To Declare State of Emergency On Sexual And Gender-Based Violence

The recent rise in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases in Sierra Leone has led to widespread calls for President Julius Maada Bio...

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26-Year-Old Photographer Freed After 10 Months In Keffi Prison For Resignation Text To APC Stalwart, Oluwole Mike

A 26-year-old graduate and photographer simply identified as ‘Nicholas’ has just been released from a Keffi prison after spending 10 months in detention...

Ex Governor Aide
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Tambuwal’s Aide Remanded for Sharing Governor’s Certificate Amid Illegal Arrests of Journalists

An aide to former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has been remanded in a correctional facility after sharing media content deemed offensive to...

Obi NNPCL Fuel Scarcity
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PIDOM: Nigeria Risks Degenerating into a Banana Republic Where Journalists Are Silenced – Obi

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed grave concern over the recent incidents of harassment, abduction, and detention of investigative journalists in...

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Family, Ijaw Leaders Demand Immediate, Unconditional Release Of PIDOM, Accuse Police of Unlawful Detention And Abuse

The family of Isaac Tamunoibifiri Bristol-Alagbariya, believed to be behind the famous X handle PIDOMNIGERIA, alongside Ijaw veterans and stakeholders, have called for...

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Former Eritrean Finance Minister Dies in Prison After Six Years Without Trial, For Criticizing President

Berhane Abrehe, Eritrea’s former finance minister, has died in prison at the age of 79 after spending nearly six years behind bars without...

EFCC Releases Detained Lawyer As NBA Members Protest In Oyo
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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...

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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
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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
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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, Arrested Richard Medhurst Under Terrorism Act
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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...