December 16, 2021

Foundation Calls for Entries for Hillman Prizes

NSCDC Officials Brutalise The Punch Correspondent in Imo State

Fellowship Accepting Entries for Programme on Contemporary Journalism Ethics

Nominations Open for the 2022 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes

UNESCO General Conference Endorses the Windhoek +30 Declaration

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Elects New Bureau

MDIF Announces First Two Equity Investments in Africa

Kano Joins Six Other States in Switch Over to Digital Terrestrial Platform

World Bank Group Publishes Report on PPP Disclosure in Four Countries

Applications Open for 2022 Michael Jacobs Travel Chronicle Scholarship

Editor-in-Chief Questioned Over Story Exposing Corruption in the Police

House of Representatives Asks Committee to Submit Report of Investigation into Death of Tordue Salem

Journalists Barred from Covering Ondo Speaker’s Trial on Corruption Charges

MRA Seeks Closer Collaboration With Editors Guild

Court Fixes January 19 for Hearing in Journalist’s N50m Suit Over Torture, Beating by Lagos Taskforce

Aminu Maida

Joint Statement on the Unexplained TikTok Disruption in Northern Nigeria by Civil Society Organisations

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