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SPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of damSPECIAL REPORT: Katsina farmers lament impact of climate change1st August protest: The necessity knows no laws, الضرورات تبيح المحظورات, By Murtadha GusauThe price we pay when legislators die, By Azu IshiekweneSPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of damSPECIAL REPORT: Katsina farmers lament impact of climate change1st August protest: The...
Law enforcement agencies are also duty bound to protect journalists. In this regard, we call on the police to investigate attacks on journalists covering the protests. We also demand that journalists be protected from attacks.Benard Akede of News Central Television was allegedly interrupted and harassed by Police officers who barred him and other journalists from interviewing anyone during a live broadcast in Lagos.
In Abuja, the nation’s capital, Yakubu Mohammed of Premium Times was attacked and injured by police officers who hit him with the butt of their guns and their batons and caused injuries to his head while covering the protest.Cameras belonging to journalists were also destroyed by police officers. Jide Oyekunle, a photojournalist with Daily Independent and Chairman of FCT Correspondent Chapel of the NUJ, was arrested and his mobile telephone seized by Police officers.
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