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– Soldiers attack journalists at Nigerian Union of Journalists press centre (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 18, 2017

On 12 September, scores of soldiers stormed into the Nigerian Union of Journalists press centre, beat up some of the journalists there, and smashed or seized their reporting equipment.
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