A journalist in Lagos State, Nigeria, was gunned down on Saturday in an unexplained killing. Edo Sule Ugbagwu, 42, worked as the judiciary correspondent for the Mushin-based newspaper, the Nation. Ugbagwu was shot dead by two gunmen who came to his home around 7pm on 24 April. The Nation’s own report about the murder says he had just […]

A cameraman working for Nigerian broadcaster Channels Television was assaulted on Tuesday in a clash that erupted following an attack on the vehicle of the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, according to local media reports, and Channels Television News Editor Ronke Raji. Felix was attacked when he attempted to film the violence. […]

Kidnappers have freed two sports journalist who were being held for ransom in Nigeria, according to news reports. Nick Greyling, a South African sound engineer, and Nigerian sports commentator Bowie Attamah, were abducted along with cameraman Alexander Effiong on 1 March while travelling to an airport in Owerri city near the Niger Delta region, an […]

Three journalists from the African sports network M-Net SuperSport were kidnapped in the Niger Delta Region on Monday, but one has since escaped from his captors and fled to safety, according to news reports. A fourth journalist was reportedly shot during the kidnapping and taken to hospital, reports said. Cameraman Alexander Effiong “took a big […]