Nigerian Military Raids Newspaper Over Boko Haram Coverage



Al Jazeera: Nigeria raids paper, arrests journalists over Boko Haram coverage

Security forces seal offices of Daily Trust newspaper, say journalists 'divulged classified military information'.

Nigeria's security forces have raided the offices of the country's Daily Trust newspaper and arrested two of its journalists over the paper's coverage of the armed group, Boko Haram.

A team of secret police, soldiers and civil defence paramilitary stormed the newspaper's office in the northern city of Maiduguri, detaining its northeast regional editor Uthman Abubakar and reporter Ibrahim Sawab, the newspaper said on Sunday.

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