Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- The Nigeria Police Force has been linked to 118 out of 245 civic space violations, according to a report by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on the status of journalism and the civic space.

The Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, made this known on Tuesday during his presentation of findings from the 153-page documented report on civic space violations. The event was held virtually on X Spaces.

The report, titled "Silenced Voices, Shrinking Space: Civic Freedoms Under Pressure," relied on evidence from the WSCIJ monitoring work regarding patterns of intimidation against media and civil society actors.

The findings indicate that 89 per cent of recorded violations were p...