How The Attack On CrossRiverWatch Threatens Press Freedom In Cross River
"Running a newsroom shouldn’t feel like operating a resistance cell,” Ugbal said. “But that’s what it’s come to. And still, we continue."
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When Truth Becomes A Crime: Inside The Campaign To Silence WikkiTimes
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- June 17, 2025
By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes On a hot February afternoon in 2023, Haruna Mohammed Salisu found himself shoved into a police van on the orders of the Bauchi governor. Moments earlier, the 34-year-old publisher of WikkiTimes — a small investigative news outlet in Bauchi State — had been interviewing voters during the presidential election. Now he
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Detained, Assaulted: Inside Journalists Harrowing Encounters With Security Agents In Kaduna
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- June 13, 2025
By Bankole Abe, The ICIR SEVERAL journalists based in Kaduna have shared accounts of alleged harassment, detention, and physical assault by security agencies – particularly the police – raising fresh concerns about press freedom and journalist safety in Nigeria. Their experiences, spanning years and multiple incidents, underscore the ongoing tensions between the media and law
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Bruises, Blood, Legal Costs: Plight Of The ICIR At The Frontlines Of Accountability Reporting
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- June 9, 2025
By Bamas Victoria, The ICIR I have spent the last decade in the media, much of it navigating the precarious terrain of accountability journalism in Nigeria. But nothing quite prepares you for the moment your newsroom becomes the headline. In May 2024, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) was not breaking the news, we were the
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Price For Exposing Corruption: Kwara Newsroom Under Legal Siege
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- June 6, 2025
By Abdullahi Muritala, ICIR INFORMANT247, a digital newsroom, has faced a troubling pattern of intimidation and harassment over exposing corruption in Kwara State. A notable example occurred in February 2024 when the Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, an engineer, filed a petition to the Kwara State police headquarters leading to the arrest