Media Rights Monitor

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

Nigerians Condemn Bill that Prescribes Death Penalty for Hate Speech

African Commission Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Free Expression, 14 Other Special Mechanism by 6 Months

PPDC, MRA Urge Federal Government to Ensure Full Implementation of Open Contracting in Nigeria

Varsity Student Expelled for Alleged Defamation of Character Debunks Allegation

Bill to Regulate Social Media Passes First Reading in Senate

AFEX Condemns Killing of Congolese Journalist, Calls for Prosecution of Perpetrators

Radio Nigeria Staff, One Other Assassinated by Gunmen in Benue 

CWPPF Condemns Alarming Trend of Media Censorship in Nigeria as it Commemorates International Day to End Impunity

UNESCO Calls for Nominations for 2020 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Minister of Information Announces Government’s Plans to ‘Sanitise’ Social Media

Gunmen Abduct Journalist, Demand Ransom for His Release

ACHPR and OHCHR Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Ongoing Collaboration  

Alliance for Affordable Internet Releases 2019 Internet Affordability Report

ACHPR Special Rapporteur Advocates Establishment of Programmes to Support Universal Internet Access 

Impunity Persists as Majority of Journalist Murders Occurred in Democracies

UNESCO Supports African Annual Judicial Dialogue

Applications Invited for 8th Annual New York Portfolio Review

Nigerian Government Constitutes Committee to Tackle Fake News

CPJ Ranks Nigeria 12th World Worst Country for Impunity for Murder of Journalists