The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Nigerian authorities to immediately end what it described as the harassment and arbitrary targeting of journalists, while expressing concern over a growing pattern of abuse by the country's security agencies. The media rights organisation also condemned the stringent bail conditions imposed on Secret Reporters journalist Stanley Ugagbe after his alleged secret detention and disappearance, as well as the espionage summons issued to the publication's publisher, Fejiro Oliver.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Nigerian authorities to immediately end what it described as the harassment and arbitrary targeting of journalists, while…

The frequent arrests of journalists while carrying out their professional duties and exercising their constitutional rights pose a serious threat to press freedom in Nigeria and…