Nigerian Press Council Not Against Press Freedom – Press Statement
The attention of the Nigerian Press Council has been drawn to misleading reports based on a communiqué and advertorial by Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) that the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) is moribund,...
Freedom of Information Law Report – Vol 1.
Central Bank Governor’s salary not personal information under FOI Act, Says Federal High Court
In the Federal High Court of Nigeria
In the Abuja Judicial Division
Holden in Abuja
On Thursday, the 5th Day of July, 2012
Before the...
Court Grants Bail to Two Journalists Remanded in Police Custody
Chief Magistrate Ibrahim Bello of Magistrate Court 17 Gyadi-Gadi in Kano State, on February 14, 2013, granted bail to Yakubu Musa Fagge and Mubarak Muhammad Sani of Wazobia FM as well as another person,...
UNIC, MRA to Hold Seminar on Journalists’ Safety on World Press Freedom Day, 2013
Lagos, Tuesday, April, 30, 2013: The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) are organizing a joint seminar to discuss the safety of journalists as they mark this year’s...
Society Cannot Function Well if People Have no Information About Conduct of Government Business,...
The society cannot function well if the people do not have adequate information about the way government business is conducted, former President Goodluck Jonathan has said.
Dr. Jonathan spoke at the National Freedom of Information...
National Council on Information Urges States to Implement FOI Act
The National Council on Information (NCI), an annual meeting of government information managers, has called on states to implement the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act rather than enact state versions of the law.
The Council,...
Media Bodies, CSOs Demand Investigation into Journalist Detention and Prosecution of...
The undersigned media organisations, media associations and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations wish to express our deep concern and strong condemnation...
