07/06/2014
Nigerian army raids newspaper depots
The Nigerian army has carried out raids on distribution centres handling several of leading national newspapers. The newspapers said their delivery vans had been searched and vendors questioned across the country, and copies of the papers destroyed. The move has been condemned as censorship by the newspapers and international media groups. But defence officials said it had been a routine security operation and denied confiscating copies. The Nigerian government and President Goodluck Jonathan are facing public pressure to do more to tackle a bloody insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants in the north. The group has attacked...
