•Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State The Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda, has approved the appointment of three new permanent secretaries in the state civil service, including the Chairman of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Hassan Dan-Ali. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Head of the Stat...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun A coalition of Civil Society Groups in Ebonyi State has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate the circumstances that led to the detention of some indigenes of Ikwo Local Government Area at the instance of a lawmaker. The Prof. Joseph Agbo-led coalition said the call became necess...
•Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State A journalist in Kebbi State has been detained after releasing a video showing conditions at a local hospital, drawing criticism from activists and renewed calls for press freedom. Hassan Mai-Waya Kangiwa was arrested on the orders of State Governor Nasir Idris following circulation of footage filmed at Kang...
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ), has expressed serious concern over police brutality against Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), by police officers at the Ikeja Police Command in Lagos State. According to IPC-SPJ Hub, Oju...
•Zimbabwean flag A prominent Zimbabwean journalist was detained yesterday over a satirical article critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a charge media groups decried was another attack on freedom of expression. Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, is the latest journalist to be charged in court over what the govern...
Access Bank Plc, a leading financial institution in Nigeria, is partnering the “PAD Me A Girl Initiative,” a project of GATMASH MEDIA, to launch a ‘Pad Bank’ aimed at providing free sanitary pads to girls and women in need. The groundbreaking initiative was founded by Theresa Moses, a renowned journalist and Editor-in-C...
•Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi A mild drama that could have snowballed into a bigger crisis was averted at the premises of Kebbi State Customs Area Command today when an altercation ensued between the Kebbi State Customs Public Relations Officer, MT Salisu and the DAILY INDEPENDENT State Correspondent, Haruna Us...
A journalist, Musa Muhammed, explained how his son, an SS2 student at Government Technical College Malali, in Kaduna North Local Government Area was brutally murdered last week by unknown gunmen. This was even as he was calling for a comprehensive investigation over the gruesome murder of his son, reports Saturday Tribune. He made his position...
•Immigration officers Some officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) today in Benin, Edo State, assaulted Joy Odigie, a journalist with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Odigie had visited the Edo command of the service to interview its Public Relations Officer, Ake Kenneth, regarding a reported burglary at the command’s offices. A so...
Hundreds of protesters including journalists, activists, leaders of civil society organisations, today stormed Force Headquarters, Abuja, to protest against continued detention of a journalist with Foundation of Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu. The angry protesters, led by the country Director of Accountability Lab Nigeria, Frida...
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