Safeguarding Press Freedom and Democratic Accountability in Nigeria – a speech delivered by the Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Edetaen Ojo, at the 2025 Annual Congress and Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria, which held on December 2 and 3, 2025 at Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja. Permit me to…
Niger state governor, Umaru Bago, on Monday received the 100 pupils of St. Mary’s Catholic private primary and secondary school, Papiri, who regained their freedom on Sunday after spending two weeks in captivity. The children who were conveyed in several buses under tight security, arrived at the Government House in Minna in the evening. They were…
A federal high court in Abuja has refused to grant an ex parte motion seeking the transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Sokoto correctional facility. The IPOB leader was sent to Sokoto prison following his conviction on a seven-count terrorism-related charge by a federal high court in…
