Tag: JOURNALIST
FG sets up panel to probe rot in Ikoyi prison
Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional
Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has set up a panel to probe Ikoyi Prisons, now known
as “Ikoyi Custodial Centre” following an investigation...
Alleged plan to arrest Fisayo Soyombo nauseating, appalling – AIED
The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development
(AIED) has described the alleged move by the Nigerian government to summarily
arrest an investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, for...
Journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, ‘wanted’ over report of corruption in prisons
Prison authorities are allegedly planning the arrest of undercover journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, over an investigative report profiling corruption in Nigeria’s prisons.
Mr Soyombo, a former...
Fake journalists arrested after requesting money from Timipre Sylva
Police have arrested three fake journalists on the
premises of the National Assembly.
Balarabe Umar, Joseph Andor, and Ibrahim Bello were arrested on Thursday shortly after...
Court denies journalist, Agba Jalingo, bail for criticising Ben Ayade
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has denied a
journalist, Agba Jalingo, bail over treason charges for a report about alleged
diversion of N500 million...
Video: Sahara TV journalist, Victor Ogungbenro, arrested at #RevolutionNow protest
A journalist at Sahara TV, Victor Ogungbenro, has
reportedly been arrested at the #RevolutionNow protest in Lagos.
His camera was reported to have been damaged in...
Court grants journalist, Jones Abiri, N100m bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N100 million bail
to a Bayelsa-based journalist, Jones Abiri.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu granted him bail on Monday under...
Daughter of Total manager, Senan Murray, goes missing
Victoria Murray, daughter of the communications manager at Total E&P Nigeria Ltd., Senan Murray, has gone missing.
Murray had in the past worked for Punch...
Veteran journalist, Toyin Kawojue, dies of stroke
Mariam Kawojue, wife of late retired Lagos Television (LTV)
broadcaster, Toyin Kawojue, 62, who died on April 6 and was buried the next
day, said her...
DSS releases journalist, Jones Abiri, arrested in Bayelsa
Department of State Services (DSS) has released Bayelsa-based
journalist, Jones Abiri, who was arrested on Saturday.
Mr Abiri is the publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper
based in...