September 6, 2021

IGF Calls for Input into Policy Network on Meaningful Access

Sixth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies Holds Online

PEC Announces Growing List of Dead Journalists from COVID-19 Pandemic

IGF 2021 Accepts Entries for My Internet of the Future Award

CIMA Releases New Report on Use of Spyware to Silence Journalists

Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Seeks Entries on Climate Storytelling Award

UNCA Invites Entries for Best Journalistic Coverage of UN, Agencies

Journalists Attacked by Hoodlums at Town Hall Meeting

PEN America Offers Online Course on Global Free Expression Advocacy Institute

ICT Conference Calls for Submission of Papers for 2022 Edition

Media Defence Publishes Report on Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression Litigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Think Different Global Accepting Entries for Great Thinkers International Fellowship 2021

Wilson Center Accepting Applications for Public Policy Fellowship

UN Women Accepting Entries for Gender Journalism Awards Competition

NBC Queries Channels TV over Alleged Code Infraction, Stakeholders Express Concern

HEDA Publishes Training Manual on Illicit Financial Flow and Asset Recovery

OGP Publishes Report on Progress of Africa Members Adoption of Data Protection Laws

MRA Sues Lagos State Government, Police Authorities Over Killing of Journalist Covering #ENDSARS Protests in 2020

Those Who Attack Journalists will Feel the Full Weight of the Law says MRA’s Head of Legal

NITDA Fines Online Lending Firm N10 Million for Breach of Customers’ Privacy

MRA Condemns NCC’s Directive to Telecomms Operators to Shutdown Services in Zamfara

Bauchi Police Compensate Assaulted Journalist, NUJ Suspends Ban on Coverage of Police Activities

MRA Sues Federal Government at ECOWAS Court for Failing to Investigate, Punish Killers of 11 Journalists

Coroner Orders Hospital to Disclose Records on Late Journalist Pelumi Onifade to MRA’s Lawyers

MRA Calls on Niger Governor Bago to Immediately Reopen Badegi Radio

The Onslaught Intensifies: A Mid Term Assessment Report on Media Freedom Under The Tinubu Administration

Attacks against Journalists Intensifying under Tinubu Administration, Says MRA in New Report

MRA Demands Probe into Photojournalist’s Death, Prosecution of Perpetrator

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment on Blasphemy Laws

MRA Joins UNESCO’s Global CSO and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy

Global Heat Health Information Network Calls for Entries in Global Photo Contest on Extreme Heat

Kogi Radio Station Invaded, Equipment Worth Millions Stolen

Juliana Ebere Francis

Journalist Sues Police over Alleged Failure to Respond to FOI Request, Seeks N1 Million in Damages

Coroner Adjourns Inquest into Pelumi Onifade’s Death to August 8 for Further Directions

Social Critic Arrested over TikTok Post

MRA, IPC Appeal Judgment in Suit to Compel CCB to Investigate David Umahi Over Attacks on Journalists

UNESCO, Cape Verde to Host Regional Conference on Information Integrity in September

Photojournalist Murdered in Kogi State

Nigeria Data Protection Commission Slams ₦766.2 Million Fine on Multichoice Nigeria for Data Privacy Breaches

Federal Ministry of Education, Amazon Services Launch Free Digital Skills Programme for Tertiary Institutions

IPI Launches New Initiative to Safeguard Climate Journalism in Africa

Fund for Investigative Journalism Opens Applications for Reporting Grants

MRA, #KeepItOn Coalition Urge Togolese Authorities to Uphold Human Rights Online, Offline During Protests

Global Media Leaders Plan to Confront Disinformation Crisis at 2025 Summit

Network of Independent Media Councils in Africa Re-affirm Media Self-Regulation, Co-regulation at Historic Summit

Lagos Activist Arrested, Arraigned under Cybercrime Act over Instagram Posts

UNESCO Hosts 2025 Global Media, Information Literacy Week in Colombia

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