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Said “security action” came shortly after Leadership reported that ten army generals and five non-commissioned officers had been tried and convicted by court martial of complicity with Boko Haram.Īccording to WAJA, the military described Leadership‘s article as “very unfortunate and meant to do maximum damage to the image of (the) Nigerian Army and its personnel.” The military described the seizures as a “routine security action” following “intelligence reports indicating movement of materials with grave security implications across the country using the channel of newsprint-related consignments,” according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). On 6 June, four leading newspapers – The Nation, Leadership, Daily Trust and The Punch – were attacked and had copies of their publications confiscated by military personnel, according to the West African Journalists Association (WAJA). The government of Nigeria does not like the criticism it’s receiving from the press over its alleged inaction regarding Boko Haram – a militant insurgent group responsible for the abduction of more than 270 schoolgirls and numerous bomb blasts around the country. Over the past two weeks, Nigerian military and police have detained journalists, confiscated print publications and intercepted vehicles in an attempt to halt the circulation of critical information. British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)Ī newspaper with its frontpage headline on an abduction of women from a village in northeast Nigeria, is displayed at a vendor’s stand in Lagos, 10 June 2014, REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.Aruba, Curacao & Saint Martin (Netherlands).

Strategic Conference and General Meeting.