Posts Tagged ‘nigeria’
April 27th, 2012
The offices of daily newspapers in the
Nigerian cities of Abuja and Kaduna
were bombed on 26 April. In a statement issued yesterday, Nigeria’s State Security Services said that a total of five persons were killed in the blasts, including the suicide bomber responsible for the bombing in Abuja. The attacks are said to bear the hallmarks of the actions of Islamist group Boko Haram.
April 19th, 2012
A cameraman has been
shot and killed at the home of a couple whose wedding he was filming in
Nigeria. Chuks Ogu, who had worked for privately-owned Independent Television, was shot on Saturday (14 April) when gunmen, believed to be
hired assassins, stormed into the house of the newly-weds and opened fire. The motive for the attack is unclear, as nothing was stolen from the couple. It is also unclear whether Ogu was the actual target of the attack, as preliminary police reports suggest this was a case of
mistaken identity. Ogu is the third journalist to be killed in Nigeria this year.
April 10th, 2012
A
Nigerian magistrate ordered the
arrest and detention of around 10 journalists on 4 April. A group of reporters who were covering the verdict from a coroner’s inquest were arrested after a woman, believed to be a prosecutor or a social worker, ordered journalists to leave the premises. The journalists attempted to explain why they were there to the woman, but arguments ensued. During the arguments, Magistrate Oshoniyi ordered the immediate arrests of the journalists. Following their arrest, the journalists were assaulted, beaten and harassed by police.
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.
