Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has detained the publisher of Naija News Today, Friday Alefia, for more than two weeks allegedly on the orders of Chinedu Ogah, who represents Ezza South/Ikwo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.

Mr Alefia was reportedly arrested in Lagos by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigerian police and transferred to Abuja, where he is being held at the detention facility of the defunct SARS over alleged cybercrime relating to a report he published about the lawmaker.

Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday, the journalist's elder brother, Uchenna Nwanchor, said the family did not know the exact date of his arrest but confirmed that he had been in custod...