Press Statements

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

Vincent Peyrègne

WAN-IFRA Invites Entries for Digital Media Awards 2026

Ms Stephanie Muchai, Co-Chair, Open Government

Brazil, Kenyan CSO Leader Stephanie Muchai Become OGP Global Co-Chairs, Announce Priorities

Robert Smith, Professor of Professional Practice; Director of the Knight Bagehot Program

Columbia Journalism School Opens Applications for Knight-Bagehot Fellowship

Comrade Alhassan Yahya

Police, Thugs Assault Journalists Covering PDP Crisis in Abuja

Khaled El-Enany

Khaled El-Enany Takes Oath as UNESCO Director-General

Gayane Uemerova, Chairperson, Uzbekistan Art and Culture and Development Foundation

UNESCO, Partners Award Prize to Promote Ethical AI Innovation

UNESCO

UNESCO Urges Action Against AI-Driven Gender Violence

Pulitzer Center

Pulitzer Center Invites Applications for Global Conflict, Peace Reporting Grants

Usha Lee McFarling, Director, Massachusetts

MIT Opens Applications for 2026–2027 Knight Science Journalism Fellowship

Amber Brown, Tyler Prize Administrator

Tyler Prize 2026 Media Fellowship Opens for Applications

Eric Ferrero

Fund for Investigative Journalism Opens Applications for Reporting Grants

David Goldman, Founder/Chairman, Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics

FASPE Journalism Fellowship Programme Opens for Entries

Dr Alejandro Mayoral Baños

Access Now Opens Registration for RightsCon 2026

Mr Mathew Ojoduma, Founder of The Africa Views YouTube channe

Nigerian Travel Journalist Detained in Benin on Terrorism Charges Since January

Ms Annie Boyajian, President, Freedom House

Freedom House Report Reveals 15th Consecutive Annual Global Internet Freedom Decline

Commissioner Ourveena Geereesha Topsy-Sonoo

ACHPR Warns that Digital Violence Against Female Journalists Threatens Democracy

Ms Yemi Adamolekun, Executive Director, Enough is Enough Nigeria

MRA, 40 CSOs Condemn Assault on Yemi Adamolekun, Demand Apology, Transparent Investigation

Mr Abubakar Jibrin Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council Chairman

Journalist in Abuja Arrested for Inquiring about Projects in Gwagwalada Council, Arraigned, Granted Bail

Fejiro

Magistrates’ Courts Grant Bail to Journalist Arrested in Abuja and Detained in Asaba

Lisa Gibbs

Pulitzer Center Invites Application for Grants to Lift Underreported Stories Across Africa

Pulitzer Center

Pulitzer Center Opens Applications for Global Transparency, Governance Reporting Grants

Edo State

Edo State Strengthens Commitment to FOI Act Implementation

Michael Elliott

Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling Opens Calls for Entries

Hon. Justice Ricardo Claudio Monteiro Goncalves, President

ECOWAS Court Issues Writ of Execution Directing Federal Government to Obey Judgment on Blasphemy Laws