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MRA Condemns Assault on Photojournalists, Calls on NSCDC to Sanction Officers Responsible, Compensate the Journalists By Media Rights Agenda Listen to article LAGOS, Saturday, January 9, 2021:Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned a January 6, 2021 attack on three photojournalists by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Department of State Service (DSS) and called on the Federal Government to launch an independent investigation into the matter and ensure that the perpetrators are held accountable and the photojournalists adequately compensated for the inju...

Group wants NSCDC, SSS operatives who assaulted journalists sanctioned The SSS, NSCDC react to the allegations. 2 min read A group, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), on Saturday called on the heads of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and State Security Service (SSS) to independently investigate the last Wednesday’s assault of three photojournalists in Abuja and sanction their operatives. While the NSCDC confirmed the assault, the SSS denies the involvement of its operatives. But, MRA’s Programme Director, Ayode Longe, in a statement, also called for compensati...

❚ You already voted!   Some officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday assaulted three photojournalists in the course of their duties in Abuja. The assaulted journalists are Olu Aremo of Leadership Newspapers, Olatunji Obasa of Punch Newspapers and Mudashiru Atanda of The Sun Newspapers.   Mr Obasa’s camera was destroyed in the scuffle which occurred at the headquarters of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Abuja. Mr Aremo said he and his colleagues visited the NIMC office to cover the ongoing registration of Nigerians and ...