Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) have called for the release of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter Daniel Ojukwu, who was remanded on Monday over a series of accountability reports he authored in 2023.

Judge Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Mr Ojukwu's detention at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja on Monday till 1 December, scheduled for the hearing of his bail application.

She issued the remand order following the arraignment of the journalist on cybcrime charges accusing him of defaming Adeojoke Orelope-Adefulire, a pres...