Posts Tagged ‘nigeria’
November 16th, 2011
A journalist in
Nigeria has been arrested and is
facing a libel lawsuit over stories detailing alleged corruption in the Nigerian Football Federation.
Olajide Fashikun, editor of the
National Accord newspaper, was arrested last Wednesday following a series of news articles, in which he claimed a letter from FIFA president Sepp Blatter to Aminu Maigari on his election as head of the Nigerian Football Federation, had a forged signature.
Following the arrest, the offices of National Accord newspaper were ransacked, and the journalist’s laptop and hard drive were seized.
October 13th, 2011
Six journalists and one other staff have been arrested following raids on a newspaper office in
Nigeria. Detectives stormed the Lagos-based premises of independent daily newspaper
The Nation on Tuesday, arresting
seven. The arrests are believed to be linked to the publication of a
private letter on 4 October from former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan, suggesting Jonathan replace CEOs of several government agencies. Obasanjo accused the newspaper of publishing the letter with a forgery of his signature. The journalists are expected to appear in court tomorrow.
February 4th, 2011
The governor of Jigarwa State has
withdrawn a complaint against an individual who allegedly wrote defamatory remarks about him on Facebook. Sule Lamido withdrew his complaint against Mukhtari Ibrahim Aminu after a court discharged Aminu of any wrongdoing. Aminu spent one day in prison after the defamation charge was levelled against him.
May 4th, 2010
Four Nigerian journalists received anonymous
death threats via text message on 28 April. The journalists, Yusuf Ali, Olusola Fabiyi, Chuks Okocha and Gbenga Aruleba, all covered the dismissal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Maurice Iwu. Iwu has denied any involvement with the threats. The text message referenced the
three slain Nigerian journalists stating: “We will deal with you soon. Remember Dele Giwa, Bayo Ohu, and Edo Ugbagwu?”
April 27th, 2010
Three
journalists were killed in two separate incidents on Saturday. Nathan S Dabak and Sunday Gyang Bwede from the Light Bearer, owned by the
Church of Christ in Nigeria, were
stabbed to death by Muslim rioters in the town of Jos. The town has been the centre of inter-religious violence, which has killed an estimated 1,500 people this year. In a separate incident, Edo Ugbagwu, a court reporter for the Nation, was
shot dead at his home in Laos by two gunmen. It is unclear whether his killing was related to his journalism.
April 16th, 2010
A Nigerian journalist has been
attacked while filming clashes in the build-up to elections in Ekiti State. Felix Vincent, a cameraman for the Nigerian broadcaster Channels Television, sustained a deep cut to the head during an attack on the vehicle of the Action Congress governorship candidate. The International Press Institute said that it is “unacceptable that journalists be attacked simply because they are doing their job”. Last month,
three sports journalists were abducted in the Niger Delta region while travelling to an airport in Owerri
February 15th, 2010
Mallam Tukur, editor and publisher of Desert Herald, an independent weekly in Kaduna state, has been
arrested and threatened with prosecution on defamation charges. The
Committee to Protect Journalists claim the threats are related to a recent article accusing Yobe’s
Governor Ibrahim Geidam of corruption.
September 23rd, 2009
Cinemas in the Nigerian capital, Abuja have been asked by the Information Minister Dora Akunyili to stop screening sci-fi blockbuster District 9 as it discriminates against Nigerians by negatively portraying them as violent gangsters and criminals.
Akunyili has also asked for an apology from Sony Pictures, and requested that they edit out all references to Nigeria in the film, as well as the name of the gangster Obasanjo, which bears resemblance to that of the Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
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