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Republic of Korea to Host 2021 OGP Global Summit

Divisional Police Officer Batters JAMZ FM General Manager

Poynter’s IFCN, Facebook Grant Opens for Fact-Checkers Fighting Climate Misinformation

AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Opens for Entries

Applications Open for Smithsonian Magazine Annual Photo Contest

Registration Opens for Eighth Global Fact-Checking Summit

NIPC Clinches First Position in the 2021 National FOI Compliance Ranking

Freedom Online Coalition Welcomes Luxembourg as its 34th Member

Nigerian Government Approves Policy for Deployment of 5G Network, Tasks NCC on Speedy Implementation

WSCIJ Invites Entries for the 16th Edition of its Investigative Reporting Awards

UNESCO Launches Global Toolkit on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors

South Africa’s Khadija Patel Elected IPI Executive Board Chair, Nigeria’s Raheem Adedoyin Elected Member

International Literacy Day Conference Harps on Literacy, Digital Skills for Human-Centred Recovery

NBC DG Urges Newly Licensed Broadcasters to Comply with Broadcasting Code

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Launches Interactive COVID Behaviors Dashboard

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Moratorium on Use of Artificial Intelligence

Accra Named UNESCO World Book Capital 2023

UNESCO Launches Practical Guide for Amicus Curiae on Freedom of Expression for CSOs

ECOWAS Community Court Adjourns Ruling on Twitter Ban in Nigeria to January 2022

MRA’s Induction of National Commission for Museums and Monuments into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’, Aired on Grace 95.5 FM

MRA Inducts National Commission for Museums into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’, Accuses it of Lawless Disregard for Public Right to Information

EiE Nigeria, MRA , PIN, SERAP Tackle FG 100 days into #TwitterBan

IPC, MRA Issue Calls for Entries for FOI 10th Anniversary Awards, National Essay Competition

Nominations Open for Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes

Federal Government Announces Lifting of Ban on Twitter Operations in Nigeria

Federal Government Processing MRA’s Request for Specialized Team to Prosecute Perpetrators of Crimes Against Journalists

Court Fixes February 21 for MRA’s Suit Against Zamfara State Government, NCC over Shutdown of Telecomms Services

UN General Assembly Asks Member States to Develop and Implement Effective Measures to Protect Journalists

MRA Asks ECOWAS Court to Compel Federal Government to Investigate Killing of Dele Giwa, 6 Other Journalists

Court Adjourns Hearing in Suit by Online Publisher Against Police, Dangote Refinery to March 10

Appeal Court Reserves Judgment in Appeal by Coscharis Motors Over the Applicability of FOI Act to Private Entities

President Buhari Reaffirms Nigeria’s Commitment to the OGP Declaration

ACHPR Appoints Commissioner Topsy-Sonoo Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa

Nearly 2,000 Journalists have Died of COVID-19 in 94 Countries, Says Campaign

Outgoing Special Rapporteur Seeks Safe Environment for Journalism Practice in Africa

Reuters Institute Accepting Entries for Journalism Fellowships at Oxford

CWPPF Condemns Attack on Thunder Blowers Newspaper, Demands Unconditional Release of Abducted Journalist

Armed Hoodlums Raid Media Outlet, Abduct Editor

Nigeria’s Foreign Intelligence Agency Raids Offices of Online News Outlet

Asian Art Association Invites Entries from Asian Press Photo 2022 Competition

Applications Invited for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award

Applications Invited for Livingston Awards for Young Journalists

UNESCO Invites Nominations for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022

CWPPF Condemns Continued Attacks on the Media, Calls on Government to Take Measures to End these Attacks

UNESCO Announces Uruguay as Host for WPFD 2022, Invites Inputs from Stakeholders

FOC Commits to Mobilising Effectively to Promote Rules-Based, Democratic and Inclusive World

Taipei to Host 11th Global Assembly of World Movement for Democracy in October 2022

Applications Invited for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award

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