The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have faulted the conviction of journalists, Gidado
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have condemned the conviction of two young Nigerian journalists, Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi over an investigative report on drug abuse.
Gidado, Editor of News Digest and the Convener of the annual Campus Journalism Awards (CJA), and Alfred Olufemi, a freelance reporter who later worked with the Premium Times and the Punch newspapers were arrested and charged in court in 2019 over an investigative report alleging Indian-hemp smoking by staff at Hillcrest Agro-allied company, a Kwara rice factory.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have condemned the conviction of two young Nigerian journalists, Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi over an investigative report on drug abuse. Gidado, Editor of News Digest and the Convener of the annual Campus Journalism Awards (CJA), and Alfred Olufemi, a freelance reporter