Nigeria - The publisher of a Kaduna based weekly taken to hospital

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is deeply worried by the failing health of journalist Tukur Mamu who was hospitalized on 5 September 2013 after fainting during a preliminary hearing at an Abuja court. Mamu is being charged with defamation of the FTC Minister as well as attempted bribery. According to local media, the journalist suffers from a health condition that requires him to take a prescribed daily medication. Mamu was deprived of his medication during his over two days of detention. His (...)

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