Press Freedom

Court softens bail conditions for DSS detained journalist Jones Abiri

AN Abuja Magistrate Court at Wuse Zone 2 has lessened the bail conditions for Jones Abiri, a Bayelsa-based journalist...

DSS fails to produce witnesses against detained journalist Jones Abiri

THE Department of Security Service (DSS) has failed to bring any witness to court at the commencement of hearing...
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Is Jones Abiri, the Bayelsa journalist arrested by DSS in 2016, dead or alive?

At this moment, no member of his family knows his whereabouts; no one, not even his lawyers, knows where he is being detained; no one even knows if he is dead or alive.

‘We won’t retract our story’ — Daily Independent dares DSS despite arrest of journalist

  Don Okere, Editor of Daily Independent, has insisted that the newspaper will not retract a story for which the...
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Nigeria Drops Again On Press Freedom Ranking

Nigeria fell from 111 in 2015 to 116 in 2016 and has fallen again to 122 in 2017, entering the “red zone” for press freedom.

FG Will Not Stifle Press Freedom, Says Minister

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government will not do anything to stifle press freedom in the country.
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