Police Arrest Six Nigerian Newspaper Reporters Over Story

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Police in Nigeria raided a newspaper office Wednesday after detectives arrested four journalists over the publication of a purported letter from the nation's former president instructing its current leader to fire government officials. Police descended on the Abuja office of The Nation Loading... newspaper as reporters working there fled onto nearby streets, said the journalists who spoke...
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LAGOS, Nigeria -- Police in Nigeria raided a newspaper office Wednesday after detectives arrested four journalists over the publication of a purported letter from the nation's former president instructing its current leader to fire government officials.

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