H. E. General Sani Abacha Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces State House Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 2 August 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the case of two Nigerian magazine editors who have been reportedly sentenced to life in prison by a military […]

H. E. General Sani Abacha President and Commander-in-Chief State House Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 19 April 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) protests most strongly at the campaign of harassment being waged against Nigerian author and newspaper publisher, Mr. Niyi Oniororo, by the country’s authorities. We are informed that armed police raided the publisher’s […]

His Excellency General Sani Abacha President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces State House Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 11 November 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), protests most strongly against the recent seizure of Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka’s United Nations passport and the travel ban imposed on him. We are informed that on […]

His Excellency General Ibrahim Babangida President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Office of the President State House Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 19 August 1993 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), representing over 2000 journalists and editors from leading newspapers, magazines and broadcasting organizations and news agencies in 68 countries, protests most strongly at the […]