The International Press Institute (IPI) congratulates the journalists honoured at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards Ceremony, including the many publishers and editors of IPI’s national committee in Nigeria. The 2012 Free Press Africa Award was given to the Nigerian press corps as a whole, whom the judges cited for “their bravery in continuing to report […]

In a letter to Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed grave concern over the April 26 bombing attacks on the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, and on facilities of The Sun, ThisDay and The Moment in Kaduna. In a letter dated May 2 and signed by IPI Executive […]

A total of eight casualties have been confirmed following attacks on media houses in Nigeria on Thursday, April 26. Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack. A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car drove into the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, while a bomb was thrown at a building […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of publishers, editors and leading journalists, condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s bomb attacks on Nigerian newspaper buildings. A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car drove into the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, killing at least six people, while a bomb was thrown at a […]