Omo! The news wey dey come from abroad no sweet at all. International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) don drop heavy report wey show say 128 journalists don waka go meet their maker for 2025, and more than half of dem for Middle East! Na serious wah!

According to the IFJ general secretary, Anthony Bellanger, dis tory wey dey involve journalists no be just statistic, e be global red alert o! For Gaza alone, 56 media professionals don die as Israel and Hamas dey fight their wahala. E no dey easy for dem to cover dis kind intense situation, wey fit cost life anytime.

Bellanger talk say, “We’ve never seen anything like this: so many deaths in such a short time, in such a small area.”Chai! E mean say the world don dey witness serious danger for people wey dey try make sure say we sabi wetin dey happen for front.

Some people fit don dey argue say Israel no dey target journalists on purpose, but dem don show document wey claim say plenty of the journalists wey die fit dey work for terror groups like Hamas and the rest. But the law no too sabi those things, because when journalist dey do their work, dem suppose dey safe, till dem take gun join the fight.

As e be now, Israel don lock foreign journalists for outside since the war start, meaning say na the local journalists for Gaza go dey gatz cover plenty important news! On top this matter, Bellanger don talk say we need justice for journalists wey dey die like say dem no get value. Without justice, wahala go still dey continue, and dem killers fit dey enjoy their life like say nothing happen.

And no be only Gaza o, journalists don also die for places like Yemen, Ukraine, Sudan, Peru, and India. E no just dey happen for one corner of the world, e dey every where. And speaking of corner, across the globe, 533 journalists dey prison right now! That number don double like say na multiplication table we dey do!

China dey hold the record as the worst place to be journalist, 143 dey locked up inside there! Na serious matter wey some countries dey put journalist wahala for ground, all in the name of “security issues”.

The IFJ and Reporters Without Borders dey count journalists wey die, but their methods dey different, so dem dey get different numbers. Wetin we sabi be say the numbers dey high! IFJ count nine accidental deaths this year alone, while Reporters Without Borders see 67 journalists don die during their work, UNESCO put am at 93. Omo, wetin dey happen for our world no make sense!