MRA

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 Launches Global Action Plan to Empower Digital Platform Users

Digital Democracy Centre Fellowship Programme Opens for Applications

AU, UNESCO, University of Johannesburg Partner to Enhance Journalism Training for AU Media Fellowship

Access Now to Hold RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka

Pulitzer Center Calls for Applications for Ocean Reporting Fellowship

Working Group on Data Governance Launches Data Governance Toolkit

AU, UNESCO, UNECA Collaborate to Develop Continental Framework on Information Integrity

Nigeria Merit Media Awards Invite Entries for 2025 Edition

Legacy 95.1 FM General Manager Suspended for Criticising Governor

Blogger Arrested, Arraigned for Allegedly Publishing Fake News on Facebook

Journalist, Activist Arrested, Charged with Cybercrime

Niger State Governor Orders Shutdown of Badeggi FM, Revocation of Licence

U S State Department Reports Free Expression, Other Human Rights Violations in Nigeria to Congress

ACHPR Initiates Study Preparatory to Updating Model Law on Access to Information in Africa

Coroner Orders Hospital to Disclose Records on Late Journalist Pelumi Onifade to MRA’s Lawyers

The Onslaught Intensifies: A Mid Term Assessment Report on Media Freedom Under The Tinubu Administration

Attacks against Journalists Intensifying under Tinubu Administration, Says MRA in New Report

MRA Demands Probe into Photojournalist’s Death, Prosecution of Perpetrator

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment on Blasphemy Laws

MRA Joins UNESCO’s Global CSO and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy

Global Heat Health Information Network Calls for Entries in Global Photo Contest on Extreme Heat

Kogi Radio Station Invaded, Equipment Worth Millions Stolen

Juliana Ebere Francis

Journalist Sues Police over Alleged Failure to Respond to FOI Request, Seeks N1 Million in Damages

Coroner Adjourns Inquest into Pelumi Onifade’s Death to August 8 for Further Directions