Media Rights Monitor

Nigerian Customs Officers Assault Radio Reporter

Google Wins Right to be Forgotten Case Against France

MRA Hails European Court of Justice Landmark “Right to be Forgotten” Judgment

Editor Threatened for Reporting Journalist’s Ordeal

Armed Police, Army Personnel Lay Siege at Sahara Reporters, CDHR Offices

Female Journalist Assaulted, Arrested, Detained for Taking Pictures

WSCIJ Invites Entries for the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Award

GIJN Launches New Guide to Citizen Investigations

CIPESA Launches Report on State of Internet Freedom in Africa

Detained Publisher Brought to Court in Handcuffs, Denied Bail

Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists Class 2020-21 Open for International Applicants

Chido Onumah Arrested, Released by DSS

Chioma Nwaodike, MRA’s Legal Officer, Selected for Atlas Corps Fellowship

MRA Accuses Code of Conduct Bureau of Self-Contradiction, Blames it for Ineffectiveness of Asset Declaration Regime

German Government to Host 14th Internet Governance Forum in November 2019

Female Journalists Assaulted, Arrested and Detained for Taking Pictures

MRA Inducts Code of Conduct Bureau into ‘Enhanced FOI Hall of Shame’ for Persistently Violating FOI Act

Businessday Sues National Emergency Management Agency for Non-Compliance with FOI Act

UNESCO Invites Tenders for Global Study on Effective Measures to Tackle Online Harassment of Women Journalists

Findings Support Idea that Diagonal Accountability Enhances Human Development

Human Rights Watch Receiving Applications for Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellowship

Atoms for Africa Calls for Entries for Online Video Competition

Thomson Reuters Foundation to Hold Workshop on Reporting Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery

FG Announces Approval of Licenses for Online Radio, TV Operations

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

Safer-Media Initiative’s Survey Shows Residents Unsatisfied with Media Coverage of Local Issues in Abuja

Eighth International Conference on Communications and Media Studies Now Accepting Proposals

Presidents of 3 UN Bodies Issue First Joint Statement on Safety of Journalism

New York City to Host 2022 IPI World Congress

Publisher Arrested, Detained Incommunicado for Four Days

Centre for Development Reporting Trains Journalists on Private Sector Investigation, Inducts Five into Newsroom Freelance Reporting

3rd Session of UN Working Group on Security and Use of ICTs Holds in New York in July

Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals Begins Training for Media Entrepreneurs

Judge Orders Detention of Journalists, Deletion of Press Photographs

EFCC Arrests, Charges Governor’s Aide to Court Over Facebook Post

Policeman Arrests Newspaper Editor for Filming Protest

BON Announces Maiden Edition of ‘The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards’, Unveils Logo

Court Rules NBC Lacks Power to Prohibit Exclusivity on Privately Acquired Intellectual Property Rights in Programme Contents

MRA Rejects Government’s Attempt to Regulate Social Media ‘Through the Back Door’

MRA Accuses Federal Government of Encouraging Attacks Against Journalists by Failing to Act

Football Fans Attack Journalists at Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan

Police Shoot, Injure Journalist Covering Students’ Protest in Osogbo

Armed Men Invade Radio Station in Anambra State, Injure Staff

Reporter Assaulted by Policemen in Oyo State while Covering Political Party Primaries

Radio Station Manager in Oyo State Arrested Over Continued Broadcast of Murder Trial, Accused of Cyberbullying

Ignorance of FOI Law Impedes Enjoyment of Right to Information, Says Liberia’s President George Weah

Policemen Attack BBC Journalist Covering IPOB Sit-at-Home Order

Nigeria to Host UNESCO’s 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy Week