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CRIMEJul 16 · 05:06 UTCALLAFRICA[email protected] (CPJ)

Nigeria: Nigeria Jails Journalist for 2 Months Pending Trial Over Corruption Reporting

Nigerian authorities jailed journalist Stanley Ugagbe for two months pending trial over cybercrime and defamation charges. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for his immediate release and for the charges against him and his publisher, Tega Oghenedoro (Fejiro Oliver), to be dropped.

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