The IPI global network is concerned by a recent increase in attacks on journalists in Nigeria. At least 15 journalists, including four women journalists, were attacked in May in several different incidents. Thirteen of these attacks were carried out by law-enforcement officials and at least seven were linked to primary elections and political party campaigns. […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the convictions of two investigative journalists in Niger for reposting an international organization’s report. IPI urges the Niger government to urgently reform the country’s cyber crime law to prevent it from being misused against the press. On January 3, the High Court in Niamey, Niger, convicted two Nigerien journalists […]

This interview is part of IPI’s series profiling our 10 new Executive Board members. Nigerian journalist Raheem Adedoyin was recently elected as a member of IPI’s global Executive Board. During his career, he worked at Nigeria’s The Guardian newspaper and later at The Herald as editor-in-chief/chief executive and at Kwara State Television Service as chairman. […]

  Earlier this year, IPI published a report that found local news is the most disrupted sector of the media, but is also the sector with the greatest potential to form the bedrock for a new media ecosystem. The IPI World Congress session “Strategies: Think globally, report locally” brought industry veterans and emerging talent together […]