Media Rights Monitor

Call for Entries for 2020 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism

Over 80 Journalists Barred from Covering Aso Rock Over Coronavirus

Tsinghua Global Business Journalism Programme Opens

Court Fixes Judgment for May 20 in Journalist’s Bid to Prosecute Sports Ministry, Minister for Wrongful Denial of Access to Information

Kano State Set up Technical Committee to Sanitise Broadcast Media Operations

Nigerians Overwhelmingly Reject Senate Anti-Social Media Bill

Reporter Goes into Hiding for Fear of Arrest over Sources of Published Report

National Commission for Adult Education Inducted into FOI Hall of Shame, to Face Litigation

UNESCO to Develop Global Norms on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

NBC Announces Issuance of 65 New Broadcast Licences

Entries Open for Recently Launched LeadTech Incubation Programme

UNESCO Launches 2020 Global Survey to Ascertain Progress on Access to Information

Applications Open for Ibadan 2020 Writing Workshop Scheduled for July

Court Sets Hearing of MRA’s N15m FOI Suit Against NNPC, Others for March 24

Spain to host 2020 World News Media Congress

Suspected Security Men Trail Premium Times Editor

Proposals for Sessions and Pre-registration Open for World Press Freedom Conference

Orange Knowledge Programme Offers Scholarship Opportunities

Centre for Financial Journalism Holds Annual Lecture

Two Opposition Politicians Arrested for Insulting Gombe State Governor

Russia to Host International Documentary Film Festival and Competition

MacDowell Colony Accepting Fellowship Applications from Artists

FIJ Calls for Proposals for Investigative Journalism Grant

Flahertiana Documentary Film Contest Opens for Entries

Police Arrest University Student for Tweet Considered Defamatory to Nigeria’s First Lady

IPI Says Journalists in Nigeria, Somalia, Zimbabwe Faced Increased Attacks in October

NCC Inaugurates Committee to Accelerate Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure

Female Reporter Assaulted by Aide to Governorship Candidate

IPC Launches Training Series to Enable Female Journalists Better Report on Elections

NBC Fines Arise TV for Allegedly Broadcasting Fake News about APC Presidential Candidate

Lawmaker Assaults Journalist at Press Conference

Wole Soyinka Centre Launches Civic Space Guard Media Monitoring Report

Stallion Times Trains 40 Non-State Actors on Tracking Constituency Projects in Kano

CSOs Call for Stronger Regulations on the Use of Surveillance Technologies

Media Stakeholders to Adopt Co-Regulation through Independent Ombudsman Framework

Justice Minister Tells Court that Journalists Killed or Injured in Course of their Work Were Negligent

Nigeria Records Dismal Performance in New State of Media Freedom in Africa Report

Third International Documentary Film Festival Holds March 2023, Invites Applications for Participation

2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Now Open for Entries

AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Open to Professional Journalists

Worshippers, Security Guard Brutalise Reporter in Celestial Church Premises

Journalists Beaten, Dragged Out of Stadium

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Allocate Resources to Public Institutions in 2023 Budget for FOI Implementation

African Commission Calls on State Parties to Take Appropriate Steps to Address Attacks on Journalists

Media Urged to Support Efforts of Human Rights Defenders to Advance Social Change in Africa

ACHPR Special Rapporteur Calls on African States to Ensure Access to Internet and Social Media, Protect Journalists

Microsoft Advocates Implementation of Norms and Rules for Responsible State Conduct in Cyberspace