August 6, 2013

Nigerian Reporters among Finalists in the AMI, ICJ African Story Challenge

IPI Announces Fellowship Programme

UNESCO, Partners Call for Global Alliance on Media and Gender

MFWA Calls on Gambian Government to Comply with ECOWAS Court Ruling

Campaign Calls for Independent Oversight Body for Security Agencies

UK MPs Join Campaign to End Repression, Impunity in The Gambia

OGP Qualification: NGOs Call on FG to take Quick Action

Online-Educa Berlin 2013 Registration Opens

Sierra Leone Again Delays Passing FOI Bill

UNESCO Launches Global Alliance on Media, Information Literacy

MacArthur Foundation Celebrates 35th Anniversary

ROOSTERGNN Launches First Global Bilingual Independent News Agency; Recruits Interns, Editorial Staff

Miles Morland Foundation Calls for Entries for Writers’ Scholarship

UN Security Council Debates Journalists’ Safety

NPC Denies Trying to Gag the Press

NPAN Alleges Surreptitious Moves to Revive the Nigerian Press Council

ICD holds Annual African Film & Media Festival 2013

The FOI Act Creates Legal Rights Without Corresponding Legal Duty – FOI Law Report

AMI and Partners to Hold Sixth African Media Leaders Forum

IFEX Calls for Applications for African Regional Network Consultant

External Consultant Terms of Reference

Media Rights Agenda Executive Director Speaks on Freedom of Expression Online

EFF, PI to Launch New Principles on Human Rights and Communication Surveillance

Coroner Orders Contempt Proceedings Against Hospital Director for Failure to Produce Records on Late Journalist

MRA Calls for Robust Access to Information to Address Nigeria’s Environmental Crises

MRA Joins Global Call for International Agreement to Check ‘Unprecedented Dangers’ posed by AI

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria

MRA Calls for Protection of Free Expression, Civic Space on International Democracy Day

MRA Condemns Escalating Attacks on Journalists, Urges International Pressure to End Impunity

Journalist Files N100 million Suit Against Police for Alleged Unlawful Arrest and Detention

Court Fixes November 21 for Judgment in Journalist’s FOI Suit Against FIIRO

Political Thugs Attack Journalists Covering Edo State Local Council By-Election

Secret Reporters Publisher Arrested in Abuja, Flown to Delta State

Journalist Arrested on Governor’s Order for Sharing Video Exposing Hospital Decay

Leadership Online Editor Arrested, Remanded Over Report of Fraud by Councillor

Operatives of Lagos State Building Control Agency Brutalise, Detain Blueprint Photojournalist

Project Syndicate, Others to Hold Press Play Prague Film Festival in October

AMCRON to Hold 5th International Conference, AGM in Lagos, Calls for Papers

Ekiti Police Detain FIJ’s Senior Reporter Who Honoured Invitation

Kano Journalist Lured by Police, Detained for Facebook Post

Mr Ejike Ogbonna, Publisher of First Citizen newspaper

Newspaper Publisher Detained for a Month, Granted Bail on Strict Conditions

Journalist Arrested While Covering Shiite Maulid Procession in Abuja

Police Invite, Detain Osun Defender Editor Over Source of News Report

Policeman Threatens Citizen Journalist’s Life for Exposing Extortion

Coroner Adjourns Inquest into Pelumi Onifade’s Death to October 7 for Medical Records

Federal Government Files Criminal Defamation Charges Against Sowore, Social Media Companies

Police Harass, Detain Media Room Hub Publisher over Coverage of Land Dispute

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