Nigerian authorities detain journalist for 18 days

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On 27 May, police arrested Mr Chukwunonso at his home in journalist , a coastal town west of Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos.

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If found guilty, the journalist could be jailed for up to two years, fined up to N90,000 , or both, under the 2015the petroleum distribution firm Mainland Oil and Gas Limited, was involved in a confrontation with a neighbor in a Lagos residential estate, during which shots were fired, those sources said.

On 30 May, authorities made a request to Ebute-Metta magistrate’s court in Lagos to keep Mr Chukwunonso in detention but the court declined on the grounds that remand was reserved for serious offences, Mr Adisa-Isikalu told CPJ. ists with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting following a complaint over a corruption report. On 22 May, armed police arrested, publisher and editor-in-chief of Global Upfront Newspapers, at his home in Abuja, over an allegation of defamation. He was released on bail the following day.

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