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Portulans Institute Launches Call for Applications for 2024-2025 Fellowship Programme

Court Adjourns Hearing in MRA’s Lawsuit on Enforcement of Principles on Safety of Journalists to July 2

Journalist Attacked by Bank’s Security Guards while Covering Strike in Umuahia

Applications Invited for Global Fellowship Programme on AI and Market Power

Bertha Foundation Accepting Applications for its Sixth Bertha Challenge Fellowships for Activists and Investigative Journalists

Applications Open for Hinzpeter Awards for Bravery in Video Journalism

African Commission Identifies Challenges Impeding Enjoyment of Freedom of Expression in Africa

AFYMP Commences Media Entrepreneurship Fellowship with Training

Fondation Carmignac Invites Applications for 15th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award

Wits University to Hold 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg

PEC Marks 20th Anniversary, Present Grim Statistics on Journalist Deaths

Lagos State Building Control Agency Officials Brutalise The Guardian Reporter

Editors’ Guild Condemns Police Misuse of Cybercrime Act to Harass Journalists

Court Grants Bail to Woman Charged Under Cybercrime Act for Online Review of Tomato Paste

Global Media Index Reveals Gaps in Africa Coverage by Leading News Outlets

Daily Trust Identifies FOI Act Among 10 Laws that have Shaped Nigeria’s Democracy

MRA Condemns Police Harassment of Journalists, Calls on President Tinubu to Safeguard Media Freedom

MRA Says Abduction of Global Upfront Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Unacceptable, Describes Police as ‘Gun for Hire’

Ninth International Conference on Communications and Media Studies Now Accepting Research Proposals

African Media Convention Decries Weaponization of Laws to Stifle Freedom of Expression

Police Abduct Editor from Home in Abuja for Undisclosed Reasons

African Women in Media Calls for Submissions of Abstract for its Eighth Annual Conference

Call for Applications Opens for Flame Tree Writers’ Project

Applications Open for Climate Change Media Partnership COP29 Reporting Fellowship

UNESCO Publishes Guide for Journalists on Covering Hate Speech

NBC, NIGCOMSAT Reinvent Digital Switch Over with the ‘Big Picture’

Information Minister Appeals to Media Not to Amplify Terrorists, Bandits Activities

Violation of Individual’s Freedom of Expression Affects Society as a Whole, Says ECOWAS Court

MRA Welcomes Speaker Tajudeen Abbas’ Proposals for Strengthening FOI Compliance

Leveraging Digital Tools for Journalism Practice

Legal Protections for Female Journalists in Nigeria – A Resource Guide

MRA Condemns NEITI’s Call to Amend FOI Act to Punish Alleged ‘Misuse’

Mr. Timileyin Adams, MRA's Programme Officer

MRA Plans Workshops for Journalists on Laws Affecting Media in Nigeria

Ms Esther Adeniyi, Programme Officer, MRA

MRA Calls on Federal Government and Security Agencies to Protect Journalists Covering Protests

FOC Admits 6 New Members to 2024-2026 Advisory Network Cohort

FIDE Autumn School on Citizens’Assemblies Opens for Registration

GPD Launches Guide to Support Civil Society Engagement at WTSA-24

MRA, 80 Others Call on UN to Ensure Robust Protection for Information Access, Media Freedom, Public-Interest Journalism

Federal Government Outlines Challenges Impeding Human Rights Protection in Nigeria to UN Body

Court Orders Sports Minister to Pay N1 Million, Release Information to Heptano Communications

CIPESA Collaborates with AfricTivistes to Organise Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2024 (FIFAfrica24)

Poynter Institute Invites Journalists to Enroll for Grant Writing Course

Media Practitioners Advised to Prepare for Technological Challenges, Embrace Investigative Reporting

IFJ, UPF Invite Nominations for Shireen Abu Akleh Prize for Women Journalists

Free Press Unlimited Accepting Nominations for Free Press Awards 2024

UNESCO, AU to Commemorate 2024 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Addis Ababa

GPPi Releases Report on Mitigating Digital Threats to Elections in Africa

UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the Protection of Journalists in Exile

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