In this atmosphere, Nyaira's newspaper has been the target of severe attacks for almost two years. The most shocking was the January 2001 bomb attack on The Daily News's printing press.
Along with another reporter and the editor-in-chief of her newspaper, Nyaira was arrested and charged with "criminal defamation" in April 2001 because she wrote articles accusing Mugabe and parliamentary speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa of corruption. She traced payments to them from a builder who was awarded a government contract to build a new airport in Harare. The case has not been settled.
In May 2001, Nyaira sued Jonathan Moyo, the information minister, and the government-owned Herald newspaper for libel and defamation because Moyo accused her of fabricating news when he didn't like the story she wrote about an event she covered. Witnesses - including some from Mugabe's party - have confirmed Nyaira's story. The suit is still in the courts. Nyaira continues reporting stories that bring the truth to her readers.