
Report: Police Account for 49% of Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria
…the report shows Nigeria’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, with the Police responsible for nearly half of all state-led human rights violations.

…the report shows Nigeria’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, with the Police responsible for nearly half of all state-led human rights violations.

Niger state’s moves to regulate the media and control sermons are raising fears of growing censorship.

Launched on July 31st, the CJID Openness Index is the country’s first systematic evaluation of how Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory fare in enabling expression, participation, and media freedom.

As the world marks Press Freedom Day, journalists and media practitioners operate in a shrinking space that makes their work a hard nut to crack.
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