Media Rights Monitor

Entries Invited for Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest

NCC Develops Guidelines on TV White Spaces

Future News Worldwide 2020 Invites Applications from Young Journalists

Entries Invited for Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists

RightsCon 2020 Holds in San José, Costa Rica

Investigative Journalist Sues Unilag for N15 Million Over Alleged Violation of FOI Act

MRA Calls on Kano State to Abolish Committee on Media Conduct

AfDec to Advocate for Robust, Open and Free Internet in 2020

Journalist Dies from Injuries Sustained from Abductors’ Battery

MRA Inducts NHIS into its Enhanced ‘FOI Hall of Shame,’ for Breaching the FOI Act

President Buhari’s Aide Sues Journalists for Defamation, Claims N500 Million Damages

MRA Sues NNPC for Consistently Violating FOI Act, Claims N15 Million Damages

DSS Detain Student Editor over Publication

Kano State Government Approves Technical Committee to Regulate Media

NFVCB Orders Cinemas to Suspend Showing of ‘Sugar Rush’

MRA Calls on Government to Introduce and Implement Policies that Ensure Safety of Journalists

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

WikkiTimes Invites Applications for Umaru Pate Accountability Reporting Fellowship

Court Adjourns Appeal by First Bank for Hearing in FOI Suit Filed Against it by EiE Nigeria

Kano Magistrate Court to Deliver Ruling on Jurisdiction on February 15 in Criminal Complaint Against WikkiTimes

Entries Open for the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling

OGP Seeks Public Input into Draft Five-year Strategic Plan for 2023 to 2028

Journalist Arraigned for Alleged Defamatory Facebook Post, Granted Bail

APC-PCC Expels Arise TV Cameraman from Event, Accuses Him of Espionage

Centre for Journalism Innovation Calls for Applications from Student Journalists to Monitor Procurement

The Reuters Institute Invites Applications for 2023 Journalist Fellowship Programme

Amidst Decline in Press Safety, 66 Journalists Killed In 2022

Annual Science Immersion Workshop Opens for Journalists

Mongabay.org Invites Applications for the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship

Comparitech Releases Study of Global Internet Restrictions in 2022

UNESCO to Host Global Dialogue on Online Gendered Disinformation

UN Special Rapporteur Invites Stakeholders to Make Inputs into Thematic Report on Freedom of Opinion, Expression and Sustainable Development

Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award Opens for 2023 Entries

NYU Journalism Institute Reporting Award Opens, Accepting Applications

BON Calls on Government to Address Myriad of Challenges Confronting the Broadcasting Sector

Police Charge Publisher to Court over Alleged Defamation of Cross River Governor’s In-Law

GIJN Holds Global Investigative Journalism Conference, Calls for Fellowship Applications

Matsalu Nature Film Festival Accepting Entries

Continental Reinsurance Seeks Entries for Reporting Contest

FG Releases ‘Proof’ of Negotiation with Twitter Before Lifting Ban Suspension

Reporter Threatened with Death for Reporting Poorly Executed Project