Nigeria, March 23 -- The International Press Institute Nigeria (IPI Nigeria) has urged President Bola Tinubu to caution Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago against continued attacks on the media in the state.

The call followed the recent assault on Musa Mikail, a senior reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), at a public event as the latest of such acts.

Mr Mikail, who was covering a Ramadan Iftar at the palace of the Etsu Nupe in Bida, Niger State, on 13 March, was reportedly assaulted and forced out of the venue by some private guards on the instruction of Shehu Maikano, the chief security officer to Governor Bago.

IPI Nigeria said on Monday in a statement by its deputy president, Fidelis Mbah, and legal adviser, Tobi S...