Nigeria’s Police Chief Meets IPI Nigeria, Promises to check Violation of Journalists’ Rights  

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday, said his leadership of the Nigeria Police Force has zero tolerance for the abuse of the rights of journalists and other citizens, and that it would clamp down heavily on erring officers. The IGP told a visiting team from the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria, that…

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Enough of the Harassment of SERAP and Other NGOs-CSOs

LAGOS, Friday, March 4, 2022: Last month, Mr. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, in his usual manner, made the unfounded and false statement that some Nigerian NGOs “are working to destabilise Nigeria” – and went on to attack NGOs that had exercised their constitutional right to challenge the Nigerian government in a court…

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