journalists

The Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State warned Deborah Archibong mother of a student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Don-Davis Archibong, who was allegedly sexually assaulted, to desist from making comments or posting any…

Amidst backlash and criticism thrown on Nigerian journalist by some following CNN independent investigative documentary of the Lekki shooting, a Nigerian man has taken to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to pay tribute to some fallen…

The Executive Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has implored journalists to hold government officials accountable rather than give them awards on the basis of "friendship". This was stated by the Rivers state governor, Wike on Friday…

As Nigeria celebrates 60th Independence Anniversary, some journalists and activists under the platform of RevolutionNow who stormed the streets of Lagos to show their displeasure and demand an end to bad governance were arrested by the…

A journalist identified as Emma Ogu has narrated how he rescued his family from perishing in the landslide that ravaged Akwakuma community in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. Recall that a lot of people were forced to…

Justice Roli Daibo Harriman of the Otor-Udu high court in Udu local government area of Delta State has directed the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to apologize to three Delta based journalists over the violation of their fundamental…

Seven Nigerian journalists have died in Nigeria within the last seven days. The journalists, who work with different media organizations in Nigeria, died of different ailments. On the list are Dan Foster (Cool FM, Inspiration FM, City…

According Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), in the past two months, at least 55 journalists have died globally from the novel Coronavirus. The press freedom organization made this known in a statement ahead of World Press Freedom Day on…

Days after Ebonyi State Governor repeatedly ban two journalists from the state government house, David Umahi has bowed to pressure and apologised for banning two journalists from entering Ebonyi state government house and other government…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday, told journalists in states affected by the total lockdown over COVID-19 to use their identity card, ID card for easy movement. A statement in Abuja by Segun…

A Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has urged journalists not to peddle rumours in their quest to fight injustice in the country. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (NAN), gave the advice on Monday night at the 14th…

Journalists were on Friday denied access into the Senate hearing room, where they had assembled for the budget defence session. The event was the budget defence session by the North-East Development Commission and the National Commission…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigerian government to immediately lift the siege to the offices of Sahara Reporters and Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR). It called for an end to the…

Cossy Ojiakor is bent on clearing her name and getting justice for a wrong she believes was done to her years ago, which derailed her career. Cossy Ojiakor acted in a movie, Itohan, where she simulated having sex with a dog. The story…