Nigeria

On July 6th, the Nigerian government announced that it had presented a new bill, The Copyright (Repeal) Bill, to the country’s National Assembly for approval....

On 11 May, the Nigerian Copyright Council in collaboration with Nigerian Customs Service and Nigeria Police seized two containers arriving at Tincan Port, Lagos, filled...

Otunba Olayinka Lawal-Solarin is Chairman of Literamed Publications and one of Nigeria’s best-known publishers. He told IPA about his experiences in publishing and the challenges...

Nigeria's rich literary heritage has produced great writers such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ben Okri and Chimamanda Adichie.

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IPA found widespread censorship in Nigeria, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. In submissions to the UN Human Rights Council, the IPA recommended ways to support the governments...