Press Statements

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

Friday Alefia

Naija News Today Publisher Arrested in Lagos for Publications, Taken to Abuja

Journalist Assaulted by Imo State Environmental Compliance Corps

DSS Arrests Two Radio Reporters Covering President Tinubu’s Visit to Plateau State

Journalist Abducted by Unknown Persons During Fellowship Programme Trip

Commissioner Ourveena Geereesha Topsy-Sonoo

ACHPR Commends 29 African States for Adopting National Access to Information Laws, Urges Others to Follow

Magistrate Remands Lawyer in Custody for Alleged Defamation, Cybercrime

Ayomide Eweje

Court Grants Journalist Permission to Proceed with N1 Million Lawsuit Against Hospital for Withholding Information on Pelumi Onifade’s Death

FOC Launches Rights-Respecting Digital Public Infrastructure Principles

Stakeholders at WAMECA 2025 Call for Stronger Protection for Journalists in West Africa

African Union Commission Chairperson Congratulates Khaled El-Enany on His Emergence as UNESCO Director-General

Egypt’s El-Enany Nominated as Next UNESCO Director-General

Pulitzer Centre Invites Applications for AI Reporting Grants

Nigeria, 3 Other Countries Defying ECOWAS Court’s Decision on Blasphemy Laws, says MFWA

Mrs Temitope Oladele

Coroner Orders Contempt Proceedings Against Hospital Director for Failure to Produce Records on Late Journalist

Ms Ayomide Eweje

MRA Calls for Robust Access to Information to Address Nigeria’s Environmental Crises

MRA Joins Global Call for International Agreement to Check ‘Unprecedented Dangers’ posed by AI

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

MRA Calls for Protection of Free Expression, Civic Space on International Democracy Day

MRA Condemns Escalating Attacks on Journalists, Urges International Pressure to End Impunity

Journalist Files N100 million Suit Against Police for Alleged Unlawful Arrest and Detention

Ms Blessing Oladunjoye

Court Fixes November 21 for Judgment in Journalist’s FOI Suit Against FIIRO

Political Thugs Attack Journalists Covering Edo State Local Council By-Election

Secret Reporters Publisher Arrested in Abuja, Flown to Delta State

Content Creator Arrested on Governor’s Order for Sharing Video Exposing Hospital Decay