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

Pelumi Onifade

Postmortem Report Confirms Journalist Pelumi Onifade Died from Gunshot to Abdomen

Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya

MRA Commends Kano State Government’s Condemnation of Attack on Journalists, Demands Concrete Action

Edetaen Ojo

MRA’s Executive Director Recounts Transformational Impact of GSM in Nigeria, Describes it as ‘Communications Revolution’

Leopoldo Maldonado Gutiérrez,

Mexican Lawyer Leopoldo Maldonado Gutiérrez Appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors

UNESCO, Oxford University Launch Free Global Course on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors

Charlie Beckett

JournalismAI Festival 2026 to Bring Global News Industry Together in London and Online

Sulaiman Abdullahi Dederi

Thugs Attack Journalists Returning from Assignment in Kano

Kekere Storytellers Fund

Africa No Filter Opens Applications for Kekere Storytellers Fund for Emerging African Storytellers

Noah Bookbinder

Applications Open for 2027 FASPE Journalism Fellowship Programme

Kathryn Dioth

Applications Open for 2026 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade

Mary Anne

Speculative Literature Foundation Invites Applications for Working Class Writers Grant

Professor Magnus Jerneck

Wahlgrenska Foundation Announces Research Funding Opportunity for Media Scholars

Neil Brown

Poynter Institute Invites Journalists to Apply for Brain Health Reporting Fellowship

2026 Independent and Freelance Photojournalist Award

Xposure Invites Entries for 2026 Independent and Freelance Photojournalist Award

Ibrahim Khalil Dan Shagam

Kano Journalist Brutally Murdered at Home

Deborah Malgwi

Nigeria’s Film Industry Records Growth as NFVCB Classifies 304 Films

Ayodele Oluwafemi

Journalist Battered by Political Thugs as Policemen Failed to Intervene

Isah Garba Gadau

DSS Operative Slaps, Threatens Journalists During Solar Power Station Commissioning

Shaibu Husseini

Federal Government Halts Premiere of ‘Living in Colors’, Threatens Legal Action

Moky Makura

Africa No Filter Opens Applications for 2026 Voices for Climate Justice Initiative

Vicky Williams

Emerald Publishing Calls for Entries for Indigenous Voices Case Writing Competition

Justin Hendrix

Tech Policy Press Opens Applications for 2027 Fellowship Cohort

Teki Akuetteh

Data Protection Africa Summit 2026, PICCASO Awards Africa Scheduled for November in Lagos

Thom Townsend

Open Ownership to Launch Beneficial Ownership Transparency Evidence Centre on September 23