September 24, 2022

International Sport Press Association Accepting Entries for 2022 Sports Media Awards

Tarbell Fellowship Opens for Early-Career Journalists

Entries Open for Development Reporting Awards

Special Rapporteurs Adopt Joint Declaration on Protecting Right to Peaceful Assembly in Times of Emergencies

Court Sets September 28 for Hearing in MRA’s Suit to Compel AGF to Make Regulations for Implementation of Anti-Torture Act

Uzbekistan Hosts 2022 Edition of the International Day for Universal Access to Information

Angry Mob Attack Journalist Covering Flooding in Jigawa State

Congress of African Journalists Gets Legal Status, Establishes Secretariat in Nairobi

Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative Trains South-east Journalists on Investigative Reporting

Falling Walls Foundation Offering Science Summit Fellowships to Journalists

Media Stakeholders Call for Establishment of National Response Mechanism on Safety of Journalists

BON Invites Entries for Broadcasting Awards, Unveils Judges

Human Rights Commission Expresses Concern over Journalists’ Safety, Pledges to Uphold their Rights

NBC Bans Broadcast Stations from Airing Song for Allegedly Containing Immoral Lyrics

Sharia Court Orders Arrest of Celebrities for Alleged ‘Immoral Conduct’ on Social Media

Journalists Covering Planned Demolition of Party Office Arrested

Africa Centre for Development Journalism Commences Inaugural Inequality Reporting Fellowship with 10 Nigerian Journalists

UNESCO Launches Free MOOC on Access to Information

Kanem Press Trains 73 Journalists in Northeast Nigeria on Reporting Historical Sites and Monuments

Sports Publisher Alleges Threat to Life by Suspected ‘DSS Operative’

Stallion Times Media Services Trains Journalists on Budget Tracking, Reporting in Kano

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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