Tag: Journalist

Amnesty Int’l, activists condemn Army’s arrest of journalist 

Aminu Imam
Amnesty Int'l, activists condemn

Condemnations have trailed the detention of investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo by the Nigerian Army at an oil-bunkering site in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.   Recall that Spokesperson for the 6 Division, Lt-Col. ?anjuma ?anjuma, stated on Friday that Soyombo was arrested during an operation against crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism.   Amnesty International, in its condemnation, described the “arbitrary arrest” as unlawful and called for his immediate and unconditional release. “Fisayo has been in military detention and out of reach since 26 Nov. — in utter disregard for the rule of law.…

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Journalist rejects N800,000 bribe offer from foreign NGO to smear ?angote Refinery

Aminu Imam
Journalist exposes

Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has accused an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), ‘Dialogue Earth’, of offering him an 800 thousand naira bribe to smear the world’s largest single-train refinery, ?angote Refinery. In a lengthy post on his X account yesterday, Hundeyin detailed how the NGO reached out to him sometime last week, with a brief that required him to write a negative review about the ?angote Refinery using climate change and environmental concerns as justifications. According to him the NGO, formerly known as China Dialogue Trust, is based in London,…

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Kaduna: Panic, as bandits kidnap 2 journalists, family members and 78yr-old ex-NLC President

Aminu Imam
Kaduna bandits

Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have abducted two Nigerian journalists and their family members in Kaduna State. The armed men stormed Danhonu community in Millennium city of Chikun local government area of Kaduna and raided houses of the reporters of The Nation newspaper, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, and that of Blueprint newspaper, AbdulRaheem Aodu, their wives and children . Alabelewe is also the current chairman of the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council. One of the victims’ family members, Taofeeq Olayemi, who confirmed the incident, said…

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