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- 15 Oct 2020
CPJ Enjoins Online Publishers to Rise against Cybercrime Act
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has enjoined online publishers in Nigeria to rise against the Cybercrime Act, noting that journalists publishing online are vulnerable to the various challenges…
- 26 Jul 2016
Nigeria Votes Yes, UN Committee Grants CPJ Accreditation
Nigeria was among the forty member countries that nodded in agreement, as the United Nations Economic Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to grant consultative status to the Committee to Protect…
- 16 May 2021
Nigerian Security Agencies Use Israeli, US Technology for Forensic Surveillance of Journalists’ Phones
Technology developed by United States and Israeli firms were acquired by Nigerian security agencies for forensic surveillance of mobile phones of journalists, according to a report by the Committee…
- 3 Oct 2024
Nigeria Police Charge 4 Journalists with Cybercrimes for Corruption Reporting
Despite recent reforms to Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act, journalists continue to be targeted for publishing news in the public interest, with four reporters being charged under the law last month,…
- 27 Feb 2020
NGO Drags NCC to Court over Access to Call Data
Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, a Nigerian nongovernmental organization, filed a lawsuit on February 25 against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over regulations granting…
- 6 Mar 2025
Fighting Digital Threats: A Call for Comprehensive Protections for Journalists
Calls for enhanced cybersecurity training and stronger laws to protect journalists were prominent at the recently concluded leading human rights summit in Taipei, Taiwan- RightsCon. This emerged from…
- 18 Jun 2021
Nigeria, Six Other African Countries Use Israeli Spyware to Snoop on Citizens
Nigeria and six other countries in Africa are reportedly using the surveillance technology developed by Circles, Israeli telecom company to snoop on the personal communications of opposition…