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Legal Gender Cultural Foundation Accepting Entries for International Women’s Film Festival

Transparency International 2021 Report Shows No Significant Improvement in Corruption Level Worldwide

FOI Desk Officers Call for Deployment of Technology in Implementation of FOI Act

FOI Desk Officers of Public Institutions Central to Nigeria’s Achievement of OGP Commitments, Says National Coordinator

EU Determined to Defend Access to Information Worldwide, Says EU’s Clement Boutillier

Implementing Regulations for Anti-Torture Act to be Published Soon, Says Justice Minister

NBC Suspends Radio Programme, Fines Station N5 Million for Alleged Breach of Broadcasting Code

Gunmen Invade Newspaper Office, Threaten to Kill Staff

Hoodlums Attack TV Crew Covering Traffic Gridlock in Lagos

Justice Minister Describes FOI Act as a Milestone in Nigeria’s National Legislative Agenda

MRA’s Executive Director Calls on FOI Desk Officers of Public Institutions to Make the FOI Act Work

Dart Center Calls for Applications for Global Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship

Court Orders Finance Ministry to Pay Journalist N1 Million for Wrongful Denial of Information

Court Upbraids Sports Ministry for Breaching FOI Act, Orders it to Pay Journalist N1 Million for Wrongfully Denying her Information

OGP Launches Fresh Call for Applications for Local Membership

OHCHR Calls for Inputs into Practical Application of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to Technology Companies

DW Akademie Invites Applications for Masters Scholarships in International Media Studies

American Geophysical Union Accepting Nominations for 2022 Journalism Awards

Women’s Media Foundation Accepting Nominations for ‘Courage in Journalism’ Awards

Nominations Open for ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

Entries Open for Second Annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival Accepting Entries

Court Orders Finance and Sports Ministries to Pay Journalist N2 Million for Wrongful Denial of Information

Media Rights Monitor, February 2022, No 2 Volume 27

Kanem Press Digital Hub Trains NGOs in Yobe and Borno States

Publisher Alleges Threat to His Life by Taraba State Government

Police Arrest University Student for Tweet Considered Defamatory to Nigeria’s First Lady

IPI Says Journalists in Nigeria, Somalia, Zimbabwe Faced Increased Attacks in October

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

Journalists Beaten, Dragged Out of Stadium

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Allocate Resources to Public Institutions in 2023 Budget for FOI Implementation

African Commission Calls on State Parties to Take Appropriate Steps to Address Attacks on Journalists

Media Urged to Support Efforts of Human Rights Defenders to Advance Social Change in Africa