Tag: Fisayo Soyombo

The group described SLAPP cases as a growing threat to free expression and democratic accountability.

The journalist was detained on Tuesday after honouring a police invitation over a story he authored last November.

The army has not charged Mr Soyombo but they said he and other suspects were undergoing preliminary investigation.

Journalists have long been targeted by security agents.

The journalist’s detention triggered criticisms of the worsening press freedom in less than a year of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Mr Ojukwu is currently being held incommunicado at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti in Lagos on the orders ...

Fisayo Soyombo This is the best opportunity yet for President Tinubu to prove that his commitment to the fight against ...

Amnesty asked the Nigerian police to stop intimidation against the journalist.

“This dangerous trend threatens the health of the Nigerian news media and the resilience of our country’s democracy,” the coalition ...

Mr Soyombo had been detained after honouring an invitation by the police in Abuja.

Fisayo Soyombo, the founder of Foundation for Investgative Journalism, was detained after honouring a police invitation in Abuja.

Martins Olusanya also speaks on various issues at the University of Ibadan including campus journalism and student unionism.

Many politicians, including several state governors, are on self-isolation after coming in contact with those infected.

Mr Soyombo said the cash will be used to pay stipends to lawyers who will visit prisons to track the ...

The groups said Nigeria's criminal justice system is corrupt and subjects the people to arbitrary arrests, illegal detention and an ...

The anthology is a collection of 100 stories that centre on the nuances of campus life experiences such as sex-for-grade, ...

FISAYO SOYOMBO documents how prison, police and court officials conspired to abduct him after his cover was blown.

Many Nigerian users of Twitter called for his protection, saying no journalist should be prosecuted for doing his work.

Reporter Fisayo Soyombo exposes how the courts short-change the law, and the prisons are themselves a cesspool of the exact ...

In the first of this three-part series, reporter Fisayo Soyombo uncovers how the Police pervert the course of justice in ...

Fisayo Soyombo of The Cable won the Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the year award.