Tag: Bloggers

The ECOWAS Court had “ordered Nigerian authorities to stop using section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 to prosecute anyone ...

“I felt manipulated and hurt. He knew the child was his; we didn’t use protection, and he was the only ...

“Corps members already know the approved channel and mode of communication in the scheme..."

The lawmaker said some journalists contribute to the problem of the media by legitimising false narratives and compromising journalistic standards.

Mr Ekpu says bloggers “are the smear campaigners, the lynch mobs, the rumour merchants, the cyberbullies, the anonymous tipsters, the ...

The organisation called on the Nigerian authorities to desist from using security agencies to silence dissenting voices.

The news agency gave violators a grace period of one month.

The latest arrest involved a blogger, Jamil Mabai, arrested in Kaduna more than two weeks ago.

The Committee to Protect Journalists demands the immediate release of the detained journalists and bloggers.

The human rights group also criticises the government’s violent disruption of peaceful protests.