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Former OGP Nigeria Co-Chair Tasks New Leadership on 2nd National Action Plan

NCC Consults Stakeholders on Drones Deployment Regulation in Nigeria

Nominations Open for UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize 2020

Nigeria Inaugurates New National Broadband Plan Committee

Unique Double Degree in Media and Communications Offered at LSE and UCT

UNESCO Launches Journalists Handbook on Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls

UNESCO Launches Publication on Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development

IPI Launches Resource Platform to Combat Online Abuse

European Press Freedom Centre Launches Codex on Police and Journalists Working Amicably

Report finds at Least 250 Journalists Jailed Annually for 4th Consecutive Year

New York to Host IPI 2020 World Congress

NBC Announces Plans to Issue 200 Broadcast Licences

Policemen Bar Radio Reporter from Covering Court Proceedings

Coalition Condemns Sowore’s Re-Arrest, Assault on Judiciary by DSS

Call for Sessions Proposals and Pre-registration for World Press Freedom Day Conference 2020

Reuters Institute Accepting Entries for Journalism Fellowships

World Press Photo Invites Entries for Digital Storytelling Contest

Entries Open for 2020 Hillman Prizes

Entries Open for Joan Shorenstein Center Fellowship at Harvard

MRA’s Programme Director Urges Journalists to Use FOI Act to Deepen Their Reporting

MRA Inducts NDLEA into ‘Enhanced FOI Hall of Shame’, for Non-Compliance with FOI Act

Journalists Arrested While Covering Religious Protest

UNGA Adopts 11th Resolution on Safety of Journalists

UN Appoints South Africa’s Anriette Esterhuysen to Chair IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group

MRA, Others Win Suit over Twitter Ban as ECOWAS Court Rules Nigerian Government’s Action Unlawful

WBG-IMF Hold 2022 Annual Meetings in Washington DC

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment in Twitter Ban Suits

Media Rights Agenda, Others Win Suit over Twitter Ban as ECOWAS Court Rules Nigerian Government’s Action Unlawful

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Any Internet Shutdown Should be Authorized by Court

Photojournalists Kidnapped, Released After Payment of Ransom

DSS Arrests Journalist Over Video of Brawl at Polling Unit During Ekiti State Governorship Election

Thugs Raid, Vandalise Newspaper office in Kano

Hoodlums Attack, Injure Journalists in Lagos

Banff Centre Accepting Entries for 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition

Stallion Times Media Service Holds Workshop for Journalists on Disability Reporting

Albarka FM Holds Workshop on Good Governance for Media Houses in Kwara State

TED Fellows Programme Accepting Applications for TED2023 Fellowship

Reuters and Durham University Invite Applications for Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship

Applications Invited for Training on Reporting on Locally Led Adaptation to Climate Change

AfriSAFE Announces Opening of Nominations for 2022 Awards

Free Expression Experts Issue Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Gender Justice, Ask Governments to Ensure Safety and Participation of Women in Online Platformsustice

Association for International Broadcasting Accepting Entries for AIBs 2022 Awards

Gunmen Abduct Journalist from Home, Demand N10 Million Ransom

Whistleblowers Coalition Condemns Abduction of Photojournalist, Calls on Government to Secure his Release

Newspaper Reporter Escapes Abduction

CIPESA Calls for Proposals, Registration for FIFAfrica22

WikkiTimes Trains Journalists on Grassroots Accountability Reporting

Solacebase Builds Journalists’ Capacity on Investigative, Data-Driven Journalism, Health Reporting

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) was established in 1993 as an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization for the purpose of promoting and protecting the right to freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information as well as digital rights and freedoms.

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