Press Statements

MRA Becomes Member of ‘Web We Want’ Advisory Committee

Transparency International Charts Roadmap for its Re-engagement in Nigeria

World Justice Challenge Competition Receiving Entries

Access Seeks Submission for 2014 Innovation Prize

Group Calls on the NBC to Commence Issuance of Community Radio Licenses

ACHPR Re-appoints Pansy Tlakula as Special Rapporteur on Free Expression, Access to Information

Groups Ask Court to Compel Federal Attorney General to Prosecute NCAA for Wrongful Denial of Access to Information

FOI: NCAA Refuses to Disclose Procurement Records for Purchase of Bullet-Proof Cars

MRA Collaborates with Lagos Governor’s Office Correspondents on Walk against Impunity

IFEX Launches 2013 International Day to End Impunity, Nigeria to be Highlighted

Groups Make FOI Requests to NCAA for Records of Purchase of Bullet-Proof Cars

NGO Appeals Federal High Court Ruling Calling on National Assembly to Amend FOI Act

Press Statement: Judge Calls on National Assembly to Restrict Application of FOI Act

NGOs Call on Federal Government to Take Urgent Steps to Qualify for Open Government Partnership

Press Release: Lagos State Records Bureau Honours MRA’s Executive Director

Press Release: Media Rights Agenda Makes FOI Request for Details of Nigerian Export Promotion Council Properties Sold Nationwide

Press Release: Media Rights Agenda Commends Judiciary for Upholding Right to Information for Citizens

Press Release: Stakeholders to Launch National Campaign Against Impunity

MRA Makes FOI Request to National Films and Videos Censors Board over Banned Documentary

PRESS RELEASE: MRA Describes Re-arrest of Leadership Newspapers Reporters as “Unwarranted Harassment”

PRESS RELEASE: MRA Condemns detention of Leadership Newspapers Reporters

Press Release: Media Rights Agenda Condemns Suspension of Wazobia FM, Kano Licence

Press Release: Joint World Radio Day Statement by NCRC, MRA, IMS and IPC

Journalist Detained Over Report on Lagos-Based Businessman

Afreximbank Invites Entries for Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa

HRJN Accepting Entries for Africa International Human Rights Film Festival

CWPPF Condemns Attack on Journalist Emmanuel Nwazue, Demands Public Apology

Datafest Calls for Expression of Interest for Datafest Create-A-Thon

TikToker Arrested by Kano State Hisbah Corps over Alleged Inappropriate Remarks

2024 IPI Local News Accelerator Programme Opens for Applications

New Report Says 300 Human Rights Defenders Killed in 28 Countries in 2023

UNESCO Calls for Nominations for the 2024 International Literacy Prizes

Press Freedom Coalition Condemns Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Daily Times Reporter, Gabriel Idibia

Police Summon Premium Times Journalist over Unpublished Story

Journalist Brutalised, Arrested and Detained by Police for Taking Photos

Journalists Covering Coronation Ceremony Assaulted by Thugs in Ebonyi

NUJ Kano State Council Boycotts Government Activities over Alleged Maltreatment

Journalist Found Dead in Abuja After He was Declared Missing

Applications Open for Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism

Dauphine Foundation Launches Environmental Journalism Scholarship for Freelancers

Finland to Host DCN Global Media Literacy Forum

Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment Launched in Geneva

Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship Programme Calls for Entries

UNESCO Calls for Nominations for 2024 International Literacy Prizes

UNESCO, LG Collaborate to Develop Open Online Course on AI Ethics

Applications Invited for 2024 African Fact-Checking Awards

PALU, AU Anti-Corruption Board to Host 8th African Anti-Corruption Dialogue in Nairobi