The management of The Sun Newspaper has condemned the arrest of its correspondent in Abakaliki, Mr. Chijioke Agwu, allegedly on the orders of Gov. Dave Umahi. A statement on Saturday in Enugu by the Head of The Sun, South East Bureau, Mr. Magnus Eze, described the situation as `unfortunate and suppression of press freedom’. Eze alleged that the governor did not want journalists to highlight the failures of his administration in the course of doing...

The police on Thursday said they had arrested four suspects over the murder of Mrs. Funke Olakurin, daughter of Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Leader of the PAN-Yoruba Social Cultural Organisation, Afenifere. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said the suspects were arrested on April 4 during a follow-up action on a case of high profile armed robbery and kidnap that occurred in Ogun. Mba said...

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Police Force to investigate the attack and detention of journalists by some agents of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS). In an official statement issued on Monday, the MRA condemned the invasion of the National Union Of Journalists (NUCJ) secretariat by SARS operatives. MRA Programmer Editor, Ayode Longe said the detained journalists were released after two hours in custody. Longe explained that on April...