16 Men Released After Weeks in Custody Over Alleged Shouting, Unlawful Assembly
Sixteen men spent more than a month in Ikoyi Correctional Centre after being charged with unlawful assembly and shouting. Our legal team met them on a monitoring visit and secured their release on 15 October.
FDJ Secures Release of Detainee After Months at Kirikiri Correctional Centre
Hakeem Azeez spent seven months in Kirikiri Correctional Centre on what our legal team argued was a malicious and frivolous charge. He was released at a Lagos Magistrates’ Court on 13 October.
FDJ Sues TikTok Over Restrictions in Northern Nigeria
We have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to decide whether the restriction of TikTok access in Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto States violates the rights to free expression and freedom from discrimination.
FDJ Secures Release of Journalist Segun Olawoye After Police Special Fraud Unit Questioning
Our legal team represented ObjecTV Media publisher Segun Olawoye through questioning at the Police Special Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, over his reporting on road construction in Ogun State, and secured his release.
FDJ at the 81st UN General Assembly
Our Senior Counsel, Jacob Sule, is in New York for the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, themed “Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All.”
FDJ Joins the Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom
FDJ has joined the Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom, a network of Nigerian media and civil society organisations defending journalists, whistleblowers and press freedom.
We Secured Bail for Rolex Dee. The Charge Should Never Have Been Criminal.
The Federal High Court in Lagos granted bail to musician Ridwan Abiola on 21 August. A dispute between two musicians became a cybercrime prosecution, and that is the part that should worry everyone.
Denis Odama Is Free. The Charge Was Never Tested.
Arrested in Lagos over a Facebook comment, moved to Calabar and remanded at Afokang, Denis Odama was discharged on 20 August after the complaint was withdrawn. FDJ was part of the legal team.
A Journalist Has Been in Kuje Since July. His Bail Is Heard on 21 September.
Stanley Ugagbe of Secret Reporters faces six counts over three published reports, four of them under the Cybercrimes Act. He has been remanded since July. FDJ is supporting his defence.
We Asked INEC Five Questions About a Forensic Report. It Answered None.
INEC investigated an X account bearing its chairman’s name and announced the result. When we asked to see the report, it said nothing at all. Suit FHC/LAG/CS/890/2026 asks the Federal High Court to compel disclosure.