Court Upbraids Sports Ministry for Breaching FOI Act, Orders it to Pay Journalist N1...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has upbraided the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development for breaching obligations legally imposed on it by the Freedom of Information Act and ordered it to pay...
MRA Sues NBC for Failure to Grant Access to Information
Following the media briefing held in Abuja on February 9, 2023 and done by the NBC’s Director General, MRA by a letter dated February 17, 2023 requested from NBC some information about the 302...
MRA Files Suit to Compel Federal Government to Investigate Attacks Against Journalists, Punish Perpetrators
LAGOS, Monday, August 2, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos to declare that the failure of the Federal Government to take effective measures to...
ECOWAS Court Adjourns Hearing to October 16 in MRA’s Suit Over Killing of Dele...
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adjourned hearing to October 16, 2023, in a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) seeking to compel the...
Court Adjourns Hearing of MRA’s Suit on NITDA’s Failure to Disclose Details of Proposed...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned hearing to October 11, 2023, in a suit by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) against the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for refusing to disclose details...
Federal High Court Rules FOI Act Does Not Apply to Rivers State
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has ruled that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act does not apply to Rivers State, having not been domesticated or enacted by the Rivers...
Media Bodies, CSOs Demand Investigation into Journalist Detention and Prosecution of...
The undersigned media organisations, media associations and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations wish to express our deep concern and strong condemnation...
