Media Rights Agenda (MRA)

(MRA/IFEX) – On 21 July 2004, Uja Emmanuel, a correspondent for “The Sun” newspaper in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, in north central Nigeria, was assaulted and his camera and tape recorder were destroyed by police officers acting on orders of the assistant commissioner of police (ACP), H.C. Ugwu. Emmanuel was assaulted when he […]

(MRA/IFEX) – On 9 July 2004, the police in Kano State, northwestern Nigeria, wrote to a Kano Chief Magistrate Court to withdraw the “false publication” charges levelled against Kola Oyelere, the Kano State correspondent for “Nigerian Tribune” newspaper, who was arrested on 4 July.

(MRA/IFEX) – On 8 July 2004, police in Kano State, northwestern Nigeria, released Kola Oyelere, the Kano State correspondent for the privately-owned “Nigerian Tribune” newspaper. Oyelere was arrested by police on 4 July on charges of publishing false information. Oyelere was initially declared wanted on 4 July and arrested later the same day. He was […]

(MRA/IFEX) – On 4 July 2004, Kola Oyelere, the Kano State correspondent for the privately-owned “Nigerian Tribune” newspaper, was arrested by police in Kano State, northwestern Nigeria. He was detained, reportedly tortured and subsequently charged with publishing false information by a Kano Chief Magistrate Court on 5 July. Oyelere was charged with publishing false information […]

(MRA/IFEX) – On 25 June 2004, Gbenga Faturoti, a correspondent for the “Daily Independent” newspaper in Osun State, south-west Nigeria, was beaten to near unconsciousness by a group of policemen in Osogbo, the state capital. Faturoti was subsequently arrested and briefly detained. He was assaulted by the policemen on the orders of O. C. Agboromoti, […]