Nigeria’s first peaceful transfer of power to the opposition, following the March 2015 elections, led to modest improvements in the country’s media environment.
Freedom House
23 April 2016
Cybercrime Act 2015 includes provisions that threaten to violate citizens’ rights to privacy and freedom of expression
Freedom House
31 October 2015
Ranked 113th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Specter of Boko Haram makes NGO work increasingly difficult
Freedom House
1 May 2014
Ranked 106th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2014
"Country ranks among worst for unsolved journalist murders"
Committee to Protect Journalists
12 February 2014
Ranked 112th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Mutilated body of magazine reporter, Aisha Usman found on highway in Kaduna state
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Ranked 106th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
PEN International, PEN Nigeria, Committee to Protect Journalists, and the International Publishers Association welcome the opportunity provided by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to comment on the climate for free expression and human rights in Nigeria.
International Publishers Association
15 March 2013
"Cases of violence against journalists often go unsolved"
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Boko Haram Islamist militia behind two car bomb attacks on newspapers in 2011
Reporters Without Borders
2 May 2012