Press Statements

MRA Names National Institute for Sports into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

Media Rights Agenda Inducts Federal Fire Service into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

MRA Calls on National Assembly to Ensure Effective Implementation of FOI Act as ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ Clocks One Year

Commission for Mass literacy Inducted into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources Inducted into MRA’s ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

Court Again Strikes Out Motion to Suspend Proceedings in MRA’s FOI Suit Against Lagos State Government

MRA Inducts Office of Surveyor-General of the Federation into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

MRA Inducts Federal Ministry of Science and Technology into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for Violating FOI Act

National Library Inducted into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for Failure to Implement FOI Act

MRA Accuses Federal Government of Condoning ‘Unbridled Impunity’ in Implementation of FOI Act

National Inland Waterways Authority inducted into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

MRA Inducts NPF Pensions Limited into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

MRA Confers NABTEB with FOI ‘Hall of Shame’ Award for Violating Its Obligations under FOI Act

MRA Inducts Nigerian Prisons Service into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

National Directorate of Employment Bags ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ Award, Cited for Persistent Violation of FOI Act with Impunity

MRA Inducts Voice of Nigeria into its FOI ‘Hall of Shame’

Media Rights Agenda Inducts Code of Conduct Tribunal into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

MRA Inducts Petroleum Equalisation Board into its FOI Hall of Shame for the Cult-like Secrecy in its Operations

Media Rights Agenda Inducts Accident Investigation Bureau into FOI Hall of Shame

MRA Calls for Speedy Presidential Assent to Digital Rights and Freedom Bill

MRA Names NAICOM Inductee into FOI Hall of Shame, Warns of Erosion of Public Trust in Government

MRA Names National Lottery Regulatory Commission into FOI Hall of Shame

MRA Inducts Border Communities Development Agency into FOI Hall of Shame

MRA Inducts Transmission Company of Nigeria into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for leaving Nigerians in the Dark

Applications Now Open for the 2025 Hurford Youth Fellowship Programme

African Ministers Adopt Landmark AI Strategy, Digital Compact to Boost Development and Inclusive Growth

Action Contre la Faim Calls for Applications for Grant for New Humanitarian Perspective

CSOs Write IGP, Urge Him to Discontinue All Charges Filed under Repealed Section 24 of the Cybercrimes Act

Global Mandate Holders Adopt Joint Declaration on Climate Crisis and Freedom of Expression

Global Landscapes Forum Invites Applications for the 2024 African Youth Storytelling Contest

UNESCO Partners Global Media Regulators to Create Network to Tackle Digital Platform Challenges

Global Leaders Emphasize Press Freedom in Tackling Environmental Crisis

Portulans Institute Launches Call for Applications for 2024-2025 Fellowship Programme

Court Adjourns Hearing in MRA’s Lawsuit on Enforcement of Principles on Safety of Journalists to July 2

Journalist Attacked by Bank’s Security Guards while Covering Strike in Umuahia

Applications Invited for Global Fellowship Programme on AI and Market Power

Bertha Foundation Accepting Applications for its Sixth Bertha Challenge Fellowships for Activists and Investigative Journalists

Applications Open for Hinzpeter Awards for Bravery in Video Journalism

African Commission Identifies Challenges Impeding Enjoyment of Freedom of Expression in Africa

AFYMP Commences Media Entrepreneurship Fellowship with Training

Fondation Carmignac Invites Applications for 15th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award

Wits University to Hold 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg

PEC Marks 20th Anniversary, Present Grim Statistics on Journalist Deaths

Lagos State Building Control Agency Officials Brutalise The Guardian Reporter

Editors’ Guild Condemns Police Misuse of Cybercrime Act to Harass Journalists

Court Grants Bail to Woman Charged Under Cybercrime Act for Online Review of Tomato Paste

Global Media Index Reveals Gaps in Africa Coverage by Leading News Outlets

Daily Trust Identifies FOI Act Among 10 Laws that have Shaped Nigeria’s Democracy

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