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MRA urges govt to investigate attacks on journalists, punish perpetrators
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on governments at all levels to fulfil their obligations to ensure the safety of journalists by investigating all...
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Cyber security: Govt urged to adopt human rights respecting approaches
Representatives of African civil society organisations have called on governments on the continent to promote and advance a human rights-respecting approach in their cyber...
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MRA Condemns Shutdown of Broadcast Stations in Zamfara State
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned last weekend’s shutting down by Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle of five broadcast stations in the State for...
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HURIWA demands release of Kwara journalists persecuted by Governor AbdulRazaq
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Saturday, demanded the immediate and unconditional release of two Kwara-based journalists...
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Kwara NUJ not silent over detained journalists
The Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State Council, Mr Lanre Ahmed, said the union was doing all it could to prevail...
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2023: IPC to review code of election coverage
The International Press Centre (IPC), implementing partners with the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) under component 4 (Support to media) of the European...
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Shrinking civic space: MRA condemns arrest, detention of broadcast journalist
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned yesterday’s arrest and detention of Ilorin-based broadcast journalist, Mr. Dare Akogun, by the Kwara State Command of the...
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HRJN hosts first Africa International Human Rights Film Festival
The Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria (HRJN) is set to host the first edition of the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival scheduled to...
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Investigating, reporting corruption in security budgeting
Juliana FrancisThe Civil society legislative advocacy centre (CISLAC) recently selected some journalists covering the security beat for an interactive session.What dominated the discussion was...
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MRA Condemns NBC’s Revocation of Licenses of 52 Broadcast Stations
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned today’s revocation and withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 52 broadcast stations across Nigeria by the National Broadcasting Commission...
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NUJ condemns attempt to intimidate, abduct editor
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council, condemned a plot to intimidate the Editor of The Mail Newspaper, Comrade Ifreke Nseowo, by...
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Police: We’ve uncovered ritual killers’ den, recover 20 bodies
The Edo State Police Command on the 17th of August announced that it has uncovered a suspected ritual killers’ shrine in the state.In a...
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Why judge ordered my imprisonment, says human rights lawyer
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has narrated in a trending video how Honourable Chief Justice of Akwa Ibom State sitting at Uyo, Justice Ekaette...
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Terrorism: CP meets with Comptroller prisons, reviews security architecture
To ensure adequate protection of all corrections facilities and other vulnerable infrastructures in the state and to prevent any attack on such facilities by...
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Family of dead 75yrs old American woman demands closure
Juliana FrancisForty-one days after the death of a 75 years old American woman identified as Doris Samuel, personnel of the Nigerian Police Force said...
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IGP’s task force arrests 4, impounds oil-laden barge
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has warned that there would be severe sanctions for criminal elements who engage in activities such...
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Robbery suspects on Police Wanted List arrested in Edo
Juliana FrancisThere was jubilation among operatives of the Edo State Police Command following the arrest of two robbery suspects, who have been on the...
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Hip-hop star reports self to police over assault allegation
Juliana FrancisThe Ogun State Police Command on Thursday announced that hip-hop artist Habib Okikiola otherwise known as Portable, the popular Zazu crooner, has reported...
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IPC condemns police harassment of journalists
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, condemns in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper,...
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Every journalist is on the security agency watch-list, says Arogundade
The Director-General, Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, announced that the service has removed the Executive Director of the International Press Centre (IPC),...
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