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Nigeria: Journalist held for over a week on defamation charges
February 25, 2026
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 25 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release:

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Nigeria: Journalist held for over a week on defamation charges

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Ahmed Isah Sakpe, a journalist at the Prestige FM radio station in Minna, Nigeria, also known as Ahmed Lee, was arrested by the police on 16 February. He was detained for more than a week at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) on charg . . .

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