{"id":20491,"date":"2020-02-18T17:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T22:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=20491"},"modified":"2020-02-18T17:18:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T22:18:52","slug":"nigeria-rounding-up-journalists-for-exposing-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/nigeria-rounding-up-journalists-for-exposing-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria rounding up journalists for exposing corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Lisa Vives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria is rounding up journalists who investigate corruption \u2013 jailing them for indefinite periods of time and accusing them of treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agba Jalingo, publisher of Cross River Watch, was arrested and jailed last August 2019 until this month when a Cross River court granted bail. He faces trial over a report written by the newspaper alleging that Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade diverted 500 million naira meant for the establishment of Cross River Microfinance Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charges against Jalingo also include his fraternizing with Sowore Omoyele, publisher of Sahara Reporters and one-time presidential candidate. Charges against them include treasonable felony, terrorism, cultism, and disturbance of public peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate development, Fejiro Oliver, publisher of the privately owned Secret Reporters news site, faces five counts of violating the 2015 cybercrime act in connection to articles detailing alleged corruption in Nigeria\u2019s Sterling Bank. A former Bank employee turned whistleblower was also charged, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists which reviewed the charge sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also this month, Nigerian police charged Gidado Yushau, publisher of the privately owned News Digest website, and freelance journalist Alfred Olufemi with criminal conspiracy and defamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the death of Alex Ogbu in January, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the Nigerian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into Ogbu\u2019s death. He was a reporter for the RegentAfrica Times magazine and website, while he was covering a protest by the Islamic Movement in Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Jan. 21. Ogbu was found dead with an injury to the back of his head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police had been firing tear gas and live rounds to disperse the protesters, Nigerian media outlets quoted witnesses as saying. It was the second death of a journalist in a year\u2019s time, the first being young Channels TV journalist, Precious Owolabi, who was killed in similar circumstances on July 22, 2019. No one has been arrested for his murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the trial of publisher Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare has been adjourned till March 11 on two amended charges of treasonable felony. The prosecution accuses them of organizing a protest tagged #RevolutionNow aimed at toppling the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five other counts comprising money laundering and cyberstalking were removed following the amended charges filed on January 11, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria is ranked 120th out of 180 countries in RSF\u2019s 2019 World Press Freedom Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalinfonetwork.ca\/\">Global Information Network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/\"><em>Africa Global News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Vives Nigeria is rounding up journalists who investigate corruption \u2013 jailing them for indefinite periods of time and accusing them of treason. Agba Jalingo, publisher of Cross River Watch, was arrested and jailed last August 2019 until this month when a Cross River court granted bail. 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