Recent Posts Tagged With 'freedom of the press'

• NIGERIA\'S \'FREE PRESS\': RANKINGS VS. REALITY

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 02:58 in rankings, press, freedom of the press, sss, yar'adua, elendu, emeka asiwe, reporters sans frontiers

  According to Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), freedom of expression is suffering in Nigeria. The organization's most recent Press Freedom Index 2009 categorizes freedom of the press in 175 countries and Nigeria ranked 135, right above Mugabe-controll...

• EXCLUSIVE: EMMANUEL ASIWE HAS FINALLY LEFT NIGERIA

  Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 21:04 in freedom, free speech, arrest, freedom of the press, sss, yar'adua, emeka asiwe

  Although the Nigerian press is not reporting this story, Nigerian Curiosity can now confirm that Nigerian political blogger, Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe, has finally left Nigeria. Asiwe was originally arrested upon arrival in Nigeria on October 28, 2008 by...

• YAR'ADUA: QUICK WHEN HE WANTS TO BE

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 23:20 in africa, health, freedom, nigeria, free speech, freedom of the press, yar'adua, jonathan elendu, emeka asiwe, adenike grange

  For a President whose nicknames include "Baba Go Slow" and "YawnAdua", Nigeria's President Yar'Adua has been surprisingly quick in keeping his promise to sue the Leadership journalists accused of "embarrass[ing] the President and destabili[zing] his ...

• NIGERIAN CURIOSITY 2009: REVIEWS & RESOLUTIONS

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 23:24 in oil, review, obama, freedom, democracy, nigeria, free speech, british airways, freedom of the press, resolution, niger delta, yar'adua

  Another year bites the dust and Nigerian Curiosity has 279 posts with much more to come. Just like last year, I am yet to get a complete handle on the complexities of Nigeria and its people. Case in point, the draconian measures by the SSS with regar...

• WILL JONATHAN ELENDU BE 'WASTED'?

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 00:20 in africa, freedom, democracy, nigeria, free speech, freedom of the press, niger delta, yar'adua, yardy, jonathan elendu, emeka asiwe

  After visiting Eledureports.com, and reading a detailed account of Jonathan Elendu's experience under SSS detention, I am shocked at the inability of the Yar'Adua administration to understand that it continues to diminish its reputation. Yar'Adua ca...

• NIGERIA'S 2009 BUDGET

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 07:20 in budget, economics, freedom, nigeria, hiv, aids, free speech, freedom of the press, lagos, niger delta, news channel, yar'adua

  After much delay, President Yar'Adua finally presented the proposed 2009 budget of N2.87 trillion ($24 billion) to Nigeria's National Assembly. The budget, which reflects a 8.4% increase from the last budget, was apparently parsed down to account for...

• EXCLUSIVE: EMEKA ASIWE HAS BEEN RELEASED, BUT...

  Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 07:06 in freedom, nigeria, free speech, freedom of the press, yar'adua, yardy, jonathan elendu, emeka asiwe

  I can now confirm that Emeka Emmanuel Asiwe, the owner of huhuonline.com, has been released from SSS detention. Asiwe was arrested on October 28th. Unfortunately, like fellow Nigerian blogger, Jonathan Elendu, he is not allowed to leave the country a...

• YAR'ADUA ARRESTS NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS

  Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 06:47 in freedom, nigeria, free speech, arrest, freedom of the press, draconian, sss, yar'adua, yardy, jonathan elendu, emeka asiwe

  The fallout from the Leadership's "Yar'Adua Sick Again" article continues.Apparently, "[i]n keeping with his commitment to upholding the rule of law at all times," Nigeria's President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, had publishers and editors from the Leaders...