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Media Shift: Nigeria Joins List of Countries Harassing Bloggers

November 13th, 2008 · by Matthias Spielkamp, Germany · No Comments

On October 19, U.S.-based Nigerian blogger and journalist Jonathan Elendu of Elendu Reportswas arrested by the Nigerian State Security Services (SSS) upon his arrival at Abuja airport. It was some days before the SSS announced that Elendu had been charged, first with money laundering and then sedition.

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