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.
The late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was marked by widespread press repression, with over 300 violations recorded, including journalist arrests, media raids, and a sharp decline in Nigeria’s press freedom ranking.
In Africa, the irresistible search for fair judgment continues to push Africans to courts abroad.
Adegboyega warned that authoritarian regimes are not alone in this practice. Democratic governments, he said, now justify surveillance under the banner of national security, which continues to alarm civil society actors and watchdog groups.
Africa’s press freedom is deteriorating, with many countries experiencing increased repression, violence, and state-sanctioned media manipulation against journalists.
For many journalists across the continent, the threats have little to do with machines or algorithms, it’s the fear of physical violence and unlawful detentions.
Six years after a military court in Cameroon sentenced Conrad to 15 years, he called on the international community for help.
Universities Are Training Students for Silence
The student journalist had come to cover the inauguration of UI’s newly elected Student Union executives and its legislative arm, Student Representative Council (SRC) members.
This funding will enable the organisation to recruit journalists from Nigeria, Kenya, and Zambia to produce pro-freedom stories.
Reporters Without Borders sees a worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and increasing pressure from the state actors.
Speaking on the floor of the House of Respresentative, Jimbo bemoaned the troubling increase in the number of journalists being unlawfully arrested, detained, and harassed for carrying out their professional duties while relying on the offense of Cyber-Stalking within the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
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