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

Media Rights Monitor, February 2022, No 2 Volume 27

OGP Nigeria Leadership Welcomes Nigeria’s Winning of 2021 OGP Impact Award

ECOWAS Court to Deliver Judgment on January 20 in Consolidated Suits by MRA and Others Against Nigeria Over Suspension of Twitter

Outgoing Special Rapporteur Seeks Safe Environment for Journalism Practice in Africa

Federal Government Announces Lifting of Ban on Twitter Operations in Nigeria

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

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

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

IPI Records 45 Journalists Killed in 2021

Nigeria Wins 2021 Open Government Awards for Africa and Middle East

Abia FOI Bill Goes Through First Reading in House of Assembly

Attacks on Journalists Constitute Attacks on Democracy, Says EU Rep at FOI Awards

Federal Court Sets February 21 for Hearing of MRA’s Suit Over Constitutionality of Offence of Publication of Defamatory Matter

Rivers High Court Adjourns MRA’s Suit Challenging Constitutionality of Criminal Defamation to February 9

Court Fixes Hearing for January 18 in MRA’s Suit Over Shutdown of Telecomms Services in Kaduna

Journalist Arrested, Charged with Cyberstalking, Remanded in Custody

Reporters Without Borders Invites Entries for Scholarship Programme

Court Sets December 8 for Judgment in MRA’s Suit Against NBC Over Imposition of Fines on Four Media Platforms

Trace Calls for Nominations for Investigative Stories on Bribery

MDIF Ventures Receiving Applications from Digital Media for Investment Fund

John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships Accepting Entries

FASPE Journalism Fellowship Programme Opens, Accepting Entries

Court Sets December 8 for Hearing of MRA’s Suit Against NBC Over Scope of Independence Reportedly Granted to It

Court Fixes December 13 for Judgment in Journalist’s N50m Suit Over Torture, Beating by Lagos Taskforce

Yale University Accepting Entries for Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Programme

Harvard Invites Applications for Nieman Fellowship Programme

Megacities Shortdocs Accepting Entries for Short Documentaries

University of Michigan Accepting Entries for Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship

Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative Hosts Nigeria Accountability Summit in Abuja

AFYMP Trains 25 Uniben Journalism and Mass Communications Students on Reporting for Impact

Mongabay Invites Applications for its Spring 2024 Internship Programme

PALU and CAJ Set to Unveil African Media Lawyers’ Network

MRA Calls for Protection of Journalists during Off-Cycle Elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi States

ECOWAS Court Rules Some Offences, Sanctions in Nigeria Broadcasting Code a Violation of Free Expression

UNESCO Issues Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms to Safeguard Free Expression, Access to Information

EIE, PIN, MRA N5 Billion Suit over Blocking of Access to Twitter for Hearing on January 25

MRA Calls on President Tinubu to Ensure Journalists’ Safety and Punish Perpetrators of Attacks

President Tinubu Replaces CEOs of Parastatals Under the Ministry of Information and National Orientation

MRA Holds Workshops for Journalists on Using FOI Act for Investigative Reporting

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