November 25, 2022

NCC Inaugurates Committee to Accelerate Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure

Female Reporter Assaulted by Aide to Governorship Candidate

IPC Launches Training Series to Enable Female Journalists Better Report on Elections

NBC Fines Arise TV for Allegedly Broadcasting Fake News about APC Presidential Candidate

Lawmaker Assaults Journalist at Press Conference

Wole Soyinka Centre Launches Civic Space Guard Media Monitoring Report

Stallion Times Trains 40 Non-State Actors on Tracking Constituency Projects in Kano

CSOs Call for Stronger Regulations on the Use of Surveillance Technologies

Media Stakeholders to Adopt Co-Regulation through Independent Ombudsman Framework

Justice Minister Tells Court that Journalists Killed or Injured in Course of their Work Were Negligent

Nigeria Records Dismal Performance in New State of Media Freedom in Africa Report

Third International Documentary Film Festival Holds March 2023, Invites Applications for Participation

2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Now Open for Entries

AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Open to Professional Journalists

Worshippers, Security Guard Brutalise Reporter in Celestial Church Premises

Goodluck Jonathan FOI Awards 2026

Media Rights Agenda Invites Entries from Journalists for Goodluck Jonathan FOI Awards 2026

Edetaen Ojo

MRA Executive Director Underscores Importance of FOI Act, Says Without It, Citizens Cannot Participate Meaningfully in Governance

Group picture of participants at the workshop

Media, CSOs Urge Governments to Institutionalise FOI Reforms

Media Rights Agenda

Media Rights Agenda Issues Report Highlighting Rampant Attacks on Journalists by Government Officials

Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice

Court Fixes Hearing for December 15 in MRA’s 4-Year Old Suit Against the Federal Government on Safety of Journalists

Mrs Temitope Oladele, Lagos State District Coroner

Coroner Orders LASUTH to Produce ‘Comprehensive and Specific’ Report on Unidentified Body in Pelumi Onifade’s Death Inquiry

Dr ‘Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy

NASS Holds Public Hearing on National Digital Economy, e-Governance Bill 2025 in Abuja

Liv Marte Nordhaug, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat

Nigeria Becomes Member of Digital Public Goods Alliance

Prof Charlie Beckett, Director, JournalismAI

JournalismAI, Google News Initiative Open Entries for JournalismAI Innovation Challenge

Vincent Peyrègne, Chief Executive Officer, World Association of News Publishers

WAN-IFRA Invites Entries for Digital Media Awards 2026

Ms Stephanie Muchai, Co-Chair, Open Government

Brazil, Kenyan CSO Leader Stephanie Muchai Become OGP Global Co-Chairs, Announce Priorities

Robert Smith, Professor of Professional Practice; Director of the Knight Bagehot Program

Columbia Journalism School Opens Applications for Knight-Bagehot Fellowship

Comrade Alhassan Yahya, National President, NUJ

Police, Thugs Assault Journalists Covering PDP Crisis in Abuja

Mr Khaled El-Enany, Director-General, UNESCO

Khaled El-Enany Takes Oath as UNESCO Director-General

Gayane Uemerova, Chairperson, Uzbekistan Art and Culture and Development Foundation

UNESCO, Partners Award Prize to Promote Ethical AI Innovation

UNESCO

UNESCO Urges Action Against AI-Driven Gender Violence

Pulitzer Center

Pulitzer Center Invites Applications for Global Conflict, Peace Reporting Grants

Usha Lee McFarling, Director, Massachusetts

MIT Opens Applications for 2026–2027 Knight Science Journalism Fellowship

Amber Brown, Tyler Prize Administrator

Tyler Prize 2026 Media Fellowship Opens for Applications

Eric Ferrero, Executive Director, Fund for Investigative Journalism

Fund for Investigative Journalism Opens Applications for Reporting Grants

David Goldman, Founder/Chairman, Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics

FASPE Journalism Fellowship Programme Opens for Entries

Dr. Alejandro Mayoral Baños, Executive Director, Access Now

Access Now Opens Registration for RightsCon 2026

Mr Mathew Ojoduma, Founder of The Africa Views YouTube channe

Nigerian Travel Journalist Detained in Benin on Terrorism Charges Since January

Ms Annie Boyajian, President, Freedom House

Freedom House Report Reveals 15th Consecutive Annual Global Internet Freedom Decline