AGS NEWS – The Department of State Services (DSS) has released investigative journalist Adejuwon Soyinka, hours after his arrest at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Soyinka, the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was detained around 5 a.m. on … Continue reading DSS releases journalist Adejuwon Soyinka, seizes his passport
AGS NEWS – The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has cautioned politicians in Ondo and Edo to refrain from arbitrary attack of journalists on essential duties during the forthcoming elections in the states. The union made this declaration via a … Continue reading Don’t attack journalists – NUJ warns politicians
Cross River journalist Nten Ekpang was kidnapped by suspected abductors on November 1, 2023, near Lokoja in Kogi State. Ekpang, a broadcast journalist, was returning to Abuja from a family holiday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, when he was abducted. … Continue reading Journalist kidnapped in Kogi, kidnappers demand N10 million ransom
Member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has expressed support for Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni, following a recent interview clash. Oseni had a heated exchange with an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Jesutega Onakpasa, over President Bola … Continue reading Dele Momodu supports Rufai Oseni amid backlash for journalistic style
Swiss-French polemicist Alain Bonnet, known as Alain Soral, has been handed a 60-day prison sentence and substantial fines by a Lausanne court. The court found Soral guilty of defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred. Additionally, he has been ordered to … Continue reading Writer jailed for two months after insulting Swiss journalist as ‘Fat Lesbian’
Gunmen abducted Mrs. Priestba Anthony Wokocha, the Director of News at Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation (RSBC), as she was returning from work last Friday evening. The kidnappers have now contacted her family, demanding a staggering N150 million ransom for her … Continue reading Rivers journalist kidnappers demand N150 million ransom
Two female journalists who covered the death and burial of Mahsa Amini will soon face trial in Iran, as announced by Iranian authorities. Elahe Mohammadi’s trial is scheduled for June 29, while Niloofar Hamedi’s trial will take place on May … Continue reading Iranian journalists who filmed 22 year old Mahsa Amini’s unjust death sets to face trial
Israel military and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have issued an apology for the first time regarding the untimely death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The apology comes one year after Akleh was shot and killed while covering … Continue reading Israel issues apology to Al-Jazeera journalist’s death, one year later
Canberra has called for the release of an Australian journalist who has been detained in China for 1,000 days, while expressing concerns about the politically motivated delay of the case. Cheng Lei, a former anchor at Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, … Continue reading Australia expresses deep concerns over detained journalist in China for over 1000 days
Maynard Manyowa, a Zimbabwean journalist based in the UK, has publicly expressed regret over his past decision to engage in polygamy, admitting that he only truly loved one of his wives. In response to a social media post promoting polygamy … Continue reading UK-based Zimbabwean journalist, Maynard Manyowa, expresses regret over engaging in polygamy
Two prominent activists in China, lawyer Ding Jiaxi and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, have been sentenced to 12 and 14 years in jail respectively for subversion, following more than three years of detention. The closed-door trial took place in one … Continue reading China sentences prominent legal activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi to lengthy jail terms for subversion
A journalist has gone missing in Mali under the rule of the junta, after helping to organize a press conference calling for the release of a detained colleague, according to his collective association, the Collective for the Development of the … Continue reading Journalist goes missing in Mali shortly after press conference
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