Police demand more identification from journalists covering protests

Police demand more identification from journalists covering protests

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ben Igweh, has requested journalists who intend to cover the ongoing nationwide protest to dress in their organisations’ jackets He also asked the journalists to come along with valid means of identification. FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. “The Commissioner of Police FCT Command … Read more

REPORTER’S DIARY: #EndBadGovernance: Dodging death as SSS operatives spray us with bullets

REPORTER’S DIARY: #EndBadGovernance: Dodging death as SSS operatives spray us with bullets

Saturday was an unusual yet not an unexpected workday in the life of a journalist. It was the third day of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest, and the air was thick with tension. The memories of the previous days’ harassment of peaceful protesters and journalists by security agents loomed. Some of my colleagues, family members and many … Read more

Near normalcy returns to Abuja as protests slow down

Near normalcy returns to Abuja as protests slow down

The fourth day of the nationwide protests started slowly in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Sunday as near normalcy returned to the city. From 10 a.m. on Sunday, PREMIUM TIMES moved from the Umaru Musa Yar’adua highway, popularly known as Airport Road, through the Moshood Abiola Stadium to Area 1, Area 10 and to the Three … Read more