Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Nigerian journalist arrested for a story related to COVID-19

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Saint Meinpamo Onitsha, a journalist and founder of a the Naija Live TV news website, in Yenagoa distroct of the Bayelsa state, was detained by the State Security Department when he responded to summons. He was questioned about a report published on May 2 regarding the alleged collapse of a COVID-19 isolation center in Nigeria’s northern Kogi State.

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