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IPC To Security Agencies: Address Trend Of Officers Harassing Journalists

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2 years ago

June 2, 2022

The International Press Centre (IPC) has raised the need for security agencies to enlighten their operatives on the importance of according respect to journalists covering events of public interest.

The group raised the concerns on Thursday in a press statement by its Press Freedom Officer, Melody Lawal.

The IPC, while kicking against the trend of constant assault of journalists in the line of duty, condemned the shooting of the Osun State Correspondent of The Nation newspaper, Toba Adedeji, by the police.

Toba Adedeji, a journalist with the Nation Newspaper, was days ago, shot by the police while covering a protest over alleged police brutality in Osogbo, Osun State.

The attacks, according to IPC, represent a return to the regime of repression of journalists and other media professionals in the country.

The IPC said the continued target of journalists by security agents, constitutes a grave danger to press freedom and freedom of expression.

“We condemn the attacks and demand the apprehension and trial of the alleged perpetrators so that justice can be served”.

”Political parties need to be reminded that the Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage requires them to grant access to journalists interested in covering their activities including primaries while taking measures to protect them from aggrieved party members or political thugs”.

Other attacks recently carried out against journalists according to the IPC include, ”the harassment and beating of Yinka Adeniran, the Oyo State Correspondent of The Nation newspaper by the Police while he was covering the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial primary at Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan on May 25, 2022.

”The attack by suspected political thugs on the vehicle conveying members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Osun State Council of NUJ on May 24th, 2022 while covering the campaign by the State Governor in Gbogan in Aiyedaade Local Government Area.

”And the arrest of three journalists – Deborah Coker of News Agency of Nigeria, Sunny Inarumen of African Independent Television and Osamuyi Ogbomo, a cameraman with the Independent Television on May 24, 2022, in Benin, Edo State Capital, while covering a factional primary of the Peoples Democratic Party”.

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BREAKING: EFCC Freezes Over 300 Accounts Over Suspicious FX Flows

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13 mins ago

April 23, 2024

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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says the anti-graft agency has discovered another worse scheme other than crypto trading platform Binance and its system.

He said the agency has frozen about 300 accounts to ensure the safety of the foreign exchange market.

The scheme popularly called the “P to P” peer- peer financial trading scheme has operated outside the official banking and financial corridors and there was a looming disaster that could further crashed the Naira value that has continued to gain.

“There are people in this country doing worse than Binance,” he said, adding that over $15bn passed through one of the platforms in the last one year, outside the financial regulations.

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BREAKING: EFCC Chair Vows To Follow Yahaya Bello’s Prosecution To Conclusion

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27 mins ago

April 23, 2024

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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to logical conclusion.

In a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday, the anti-graft chairman vowed that all those who obstructed the arrest of the former governor would be brought to book.

He said that no matter what anyone does or the amount of attack against the anti-graft agency, he and his men will not relent in helping to sanitise the country.

Olukoyede said the EFCC needs the support of Nigerians to succeed as he emphasised that if the agency fails, Nigeria fails. He stated that the efforts made currently has helped the value of the Naira and the foreign market.

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One Feared Killed, Others Injured In LAUTECH Students’ Clash

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59 mins ago

April 23, 2024

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One person has been feared killed in a fight that broke out among students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) at a nightclub in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on Monday night.

The development was owing to a misunderstanding which led to a fight between two groups of students at a popular joint in the town.

They were celebrating the institution’s convocation ceremony when the fight broke out.

The owner of the club had invited the police when the fight escalated to put the situation under control. Unfortunately, one life was feared lost while others sustained injuries when the clash turned bloody, according to eyewitnesses.

While it is unclear what led to the student’s death, the deceased body has been kept at the Ogbomosho Police Area Command.

Police and LAUTECH authorities are yet to comment on the matter as of the time of this report.