Media Rights Monitor

Republic of Korea to Host 2021 OGP Global 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

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

Programme Director Shares MRA’s Strategies for Ensuring Effective Implementation of FOI Act in Nigeria

MRA Team Visits TVC, Seeks Collaboration to Combat Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Getty Foundation Calls for Applications for Getty Scholar Grants

Online Reporters Group Warns Against Harassment, Abduction of Journalist over Report

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center Accepting Entries for Business Journalism Fellowship

Wharton School Invites Business Journalists to Apply to Participate in Business Journalism Seminar

Media Fellowship Opportunity Open to Nigerian Journalists

Gambia Becomes 25th African Country to Adopt Access to Information Law

IGF Calls for Input into Policy Network on Meaningful Access

Sixth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies Holds Online

PEC Announces Growing List of Dead Journalists from COVID-19 Pandemic

JournalismAI Fellowship Set to Host Annual Festival

Armed Hoodlums Attack Harmony FM Radio, Loot Equipment

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