Media Rights Agenda
A cameraman with Arise Television, Francis Ogbonna and a journalist with Premium Times, Ebuka Onyeji, were on October 11, 2020 assaulted while covering a news conference where Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu announced the dissolution of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police. …
Read More »Journalists Covering Edo State Governorship Election Attacked by Thugs
On September 19, 2020, two journalists, Samson Adenekan and Nathaniel Offel, who covered the Edo State governorship election at Ward 10 (Uzairue North East), Polling Unit 1 of Etsako West local government, were attacked and brutalized by political thugs in the presence of policemen who did nothing to rescue or …
Read More »Nigerian Journalist Remanded in Police Custody in spite of Court Bail
Mr. Ime Sunday Silas, an editor with the privately-owned Global Concord newspaper and publisher of the news website The Profile, has continued to be remanded in prison custody in Uyo, the capital of Akwa-Ibom state more than one month after being granted bail by a Magistrate Court. Ime was arrested …
Read More »MRA Condemns Continued Detention of Journalist, Calls for His Immediate Release
LAGOS, Monday, September 21, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the continued detention of Mr. Ime Sunday Silas, an editor with the privately-owned Global Concord newspaper and publisher of the news website, The Profile, and accused the Government of incrementally damaging Nigeria’s human rights record just to satisfy political …
Read More »MRA Condemns Femi Fani-Kayode’s Attack on Journalist, Calls on those in Authority to Respect Journalists’ Rights
LAGOS, Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Mr. Femi Fani Kayode’s outburst against Mr. Charles Eyo, Daily Trust newspaper’s Cross River State Correspondent in Calabar, yesterday, August 25, 2020 for asking a simple question to enable him get a fuller picture of his trips round the …
Read More »Female Radio Presenter Abducted by Gunmen
A female radio presenter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria’s, Pacesetter FM, Umuahia, Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, was on May 4, 2020 abducted by gunmen near the Amakanma Estate in Umuahia, Umuahia South Government Area at about 7pm local time. They also robbed them of their valuables including laptops. The …
Read More »MRA Calls on Federal Government to Ensure Safety, Release of Kidnapped Radio Presenter
Lagos, Wednesday, May 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Monday’s abduction of Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, a presenter with the Pacesetter FM station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Umuahia, Abia State, by gunmen and called on the Federal Government and its law enforcement agencies to …
Read More »MRA, IPC Petition Code of Conduct Bureau over Violation of Journalists Rights, Seek Removal of Ebonyi State Governor from Office for Abuse of Office
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and its partner organization, the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asking it to sanction Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi for allegedly misconducting himself, breaching his oath of office and the Code of Conduct for Public Officers following attacks he …
Read More »MRA Accuses Police Authorities of Encouraging Crimes Against Journalists by Condoning Attacks on Them
LAGOS, Monday, April 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused Police authorities in Adamawa State of condoning and encouraging crimes against journalists following the failure of the State Police Command to arrest and prosecute men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who invaded the State secretariat of the Nigeria …
Read More »MRA Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering COVID-19, Calls on Federal Government to Ensure Respect for Media Freedom
LAGOS, Monday, March 30, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and security agencies on journalists covering the Coronavirus pandemic and other issues and called on the Federal Government to ensure respect for the fundamental rights of journalists and the media. In …
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