June 22, 2021

ACHPR Appeals to President Buhari Over Twitter Ban

Groups of Friends on Safety of Journalists Pay Tribute to African Newspaper Journalists

UN Calls for Multilateral Approach to Combat Corruption

COVID-19: IFEX Recounts Challenges of 2020

Radio Presenter Shot Dead by Masked Gunmen

MRA Condemns Killing of Radio Presenter, Calls on Government to Apprehend and Prosecute Perpetrators

MRA, 4 Other NGOs, 4 Journalists Sue Federal Government at ECOWAS Court Over Twitter Ban

Media NGOs Criticize Proposed Amendment to Press Council Act as a Threat to Media Freedom, Make Recommendations

Entries Open for DIG Awards2021

Youths Attack Journalists in Rivers State, Burn their Vehicle and Gadgets

Nigeria Police Operatives Assault BBC Reporter

Security Operatives Brutalise Newspaper Correspondent, Threaten Another

Report Examines Teaching of Media Literacy, Makes Recommendations for Tackling Misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

President Buhari Appoints New Director-General for NBC

73 Public Institutions Submitted Annual FOI Compliance Report for 2020 Fiscal Year

AFP Foundation Accepting Applications for Fact-Checking Competition

Journalists, Lawyer Arrested over Democracy Day Protest

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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