October 2025

MRA Announces Call for Entries for Goodluck Jonathan FOI Awards 2026

Mr Ojo

MRA Condemns INEC’s Exorbitant Charge for Information Request under FOI Act

Goodluck Jonathan FOI Awards 2026

Call for Entries for Dr Goodluck Jonathan Freedom of Information Awards 2026

MRA’s Director Calls on Freedom Online Coalition to Ensure Internet Access for Everyone

Lagos Journalist Lured, Arrested over Investigative Report

Police Arrest, Detain AFP Journalist Covering Protest in Abuja

Comrade Alhassan Yahya, National President, NUJ

Police Teargas BussinessDay Crew Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest

Call for Research Submissions on Beneficial Ownership Transparency Symposium Announced

‘Women Deliver’ Calls for Applications for 2026 Media Scholarships

OsloMet’s MEKK, Fritt Ord Foundation to Host 2025 International Conference on Safety of Journalists in Norway

Commonwealth Member States Urged to Abolish Laws that Criminalise Legitimate Expressions of Public Opinion

John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship Programme Accepting Entries

UNESCO Calls on Stakeholders to Take Action to Protect Journalists

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2025 to be Commemorated on November 2

IAWRT, UNESCO’s IPDC Launch New Tool to Protect Women Journalists in Africa

Police Arrest Journalist Following Petition by Kano State Official Accused of Corruption

Global Coalition Urges Taliban to Immediately Restore Internet Access in Afghanistan

NSCDC Operatives Assault Channels TV Cameraman Covering Turbaning Ceremony

Friday Alefia

Naija News Today Publisher Arrested in Lagos for Publications, Taken to Abuja

Journalist Assaulted by Imo State Environmental Compliance Corps

DSS Arrests Two Radio Reporters Covering President Tinubu’s Visit to Plateau State

Journalist Abducted by Unknown Persons During Fellowship Programme Trip

Commissioner Ourveena Geereesha Topsy-Sonoo, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa

ACHPR Commends 29 African States for Adopting National Access to Information Laws, Urges Others to Follow

Magistrate Remands Lawyer in Custody for Alleged Defamation, Cybercrime

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed

MRA Joins Other Media Freedom Groups to Write President Tinubu Seeking Accountability for Attacks on Journalists

A Vote Against Transparency : A Report on Allocations for Freedom of Information Implementation in 2026 Federal Budget

Ayode Longe

MRA Criticises Poor Funding for FOI Implementation in 2026 Federal Budget

Pelumi Onifade

LASUTH’s Failure to Produce Report on Unidentified Body Stalls Inquiry into Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Death

Maxwell Nosakhare

Court Upholds Right of Nigerians to Film Police Officers and their Activities in Public Spaces

Mohammed Adamu

MRA Condemns Assault on Journalist in Bauchi, Demands Immediate Investigation and Accountability

Ayode Longe

MRA Condemns Police Summons to Activist over FOI Request as Misuse of Power

Mohammed Adamu

MRA Condemns Assault on Journalist in Bauchi, Demands Immediate Investigation and Accountability

Sani-Omolori Aliyu

MRA Welcomes Police Commissioner’s Pledge to Investigate Assault on Journalist, Insists on Credible Probe

Zeina Abi Assy

2026 Mozilla Festival to Hold in Barcelona in October

Pelumi Onifade

Pelumi Onifade’s Death Inquiry Adjourned to April 7 as LASUTH Director Fails to Produce Report on Unidentified Body

Besnik Dervishi

ICIC Holds 17th International Conference in Sierra Leone in September 2026

Sani-Omolori Aliyu

MRA Welcomes Police Commissioner’s Pledge to Investigate Assault on Journalist, Insists on Credible Probe

Baroness Cox

HART Prize for Human Rights 2026 Opens Call for Entries

Elisa Lees Muñoz,

IWMF Invites Applications for 2027 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship Programme

Jeffery Knockel

Free and Open Communications on the Internet Calls for Workshop Papers

Sani-Omolori Aliyu

Bauchi State Police Commissioner Deprecates Assault on Journalist, Vows to Punish Officers Responsible

Esther Kezia Thorpe

MediaVoices Opens Entries for Publisher Podcast Awards 2026

Blessing Oladunjoye

Federal High Court Rules that FOI Act Overrides Other Laws in Journalist’s Suit Against Nigeria Shippers Council

Senator Kashim Shettima

Federal Government Backs Nigeria Press Council’s National Economic, Tourism Compendium

Akintunde Babatunde

Call for Applications Opens for Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking, OSINT Fellowship 2026

African Media Councils Conference

African Media Councils Conference 2026 Commits to Strengthening Media Self-Regulation, Institutional Safeguards

Lisa Gibbs

Pulitzer Center Invites Proposals for African Radio Engagement Initiatives

Mohammed Adamu

Bauchi Police Brutalise Journalist While Covering Eid Durbar Celebrations