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Oct

22

2025

IPC Condemns Police Assault on Journalists Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja

NATIONAL NEWS#FreedomOfThePress, #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, #HumanRights, #IPC, #ipob, #JournalistSafety, #JournalistsUnderAttack, #LanreArogundade, #Mediarights, #NigeriaNews, #NigeriaPolice, #NnamdiKanu, #OmoyeleSowore, #PressFreedom, #Teargas

IPC Condemns Police Assault on Journalists Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned police attacks on journalists covering the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja. IPC calls for investigation and justice, stressing that journalists’ constitutional rights must be respected. The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos–Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) Hub, has strongly condemned the reported attacks on journalists covering the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on Monday, October 20, 2025. According to information gathered by the IPC–SPJ Hub, several journalists who were on the ground to report the protest—coordinated by activist Omoyele Sowore to demand…

Oct

20

2025

By Famous Reporters

Tension in Abuja as Police Arrest Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest

NATIONAL NEWS#Abujaprotest, #AloyEjimakor, #BreakingNigeriaNews, #CivilSocietyOrganisations #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, #DSS custody, #HumanRights, #IPOB #AbujaProtest, #JusticeForNnamdiKanu, #NigeriaNews, #NnamdiKanu, #OmoyeleSowore, #PoliceBrutality, #politicaltension, #Pro-Biafraprotest, #TrendingNow

Tension in Abuja as Police Arrest Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest There was tension and chaos in Abuja on Monday as Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the fiery lawyer representing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested by police officers during the ongoing #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest. The protest, which took place in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saw hundreds of Kanu’s supporters and human rights activists demanding his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) — where he has been held since June 2021 despite multiple court rulings ordering his…

Jun

30

2025

By Famous Reporters

Journalist Sues Abia Government, Police for N5 million Over Alleged Violation of Rights

LEGAL, NEWS#Assault, #CharityUwakwe, #HumanRights, #Mediarights, #MediaRightsAgenda, #Violation

Journalist Sues Abia Government, Police for N5 million for Alleged Violation of her Rights An Abia State based journalist, Ms Charity Uwakwe, popularly known as Distinguished Chacha has filed a N5 million suit at the Federal High Court in Umuahia against the State Government and the Nigeria Police asking the court to declare that the forceful detention, physical assault, intimidation, and degrading treatment to which she was subjected in the course of her journalistic duties on June 30, 2023 constitute a violation of her rights under the 1999 Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The suit…

May

02

2024

By Famous Reporters

Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day …Urge Government to Protect Media Freedom

WORLD NEWS#2024Pressfreedomday, #HumanRights, #InternationalCentreforInvestigativeReporting

Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day…Urge Government to Protect Media Freedom Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to ensure media freedom and the safety of journalists in Nigeria, saying the deteriorating state of media freedom in the country is potentially harmful to its system of democratic governance. Their call is contained in a statement announcing their collaborative activities to commemorate the 2024 edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD 2024) through separate events taking place in Lagos and Abuja on Friday, May 3. According to…