May 15, 2025 – Nigeria – In May 2025, Nigerien authorities detained three journalists from Sahara FM, a private radio station in Agadez, following their broadcast […]
May 12, 2025 – Nigeria – In 2024, press freedom in Nigeria took a troubling downturn as at least 56 journalists were attacked, harassed, or detained […]
May 02, 2025 – Nigeria – On World Press Freedom Day, the Akuko Foundation, through its Programme Manager Victoria Ukpong, issued a strong call for enhanced […]
April 29, 2025 – Nigeria – Nigeria’s National Pension Commission (PenCom) has launched a major enforcement initiative to recover ₦1.3 billion in unpaid pension contributions owed […]
April 23, 2025 – Nigeria – In response to growing threats against press freedom and the safety of media workers, several organizations in Nigeria have launched […]
April 09, 2025 – Nigeria – On April 7, 2025, a peaceful demonstration organized by the ‘Take It Back’ Movement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, escalated […]
March 15, 025 – Nigeria – In March 2025, Amb. Olufolake Abdulrazaq, the First Lady of Kwara State, Nigeria, addressed Muslim women journalists during the inaugural […]
January 26, 2025 – Turkey/ Nigeria – Nigerian football star Victor Osimhen has filed a defamation lawsuit against Turkish journalist Tolga Bozduman, following allegations that the […]
January 21, 2025 – Nigeria – Human rights advocates and the family of slain journalist Alex Ogbu marked five years since his killing by accusing the […]