Press Statements

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

September 15, 2025

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

September 11, 2025

MRA Welcomes Adoption of Policy Framework on Information Integrity in West Africa and Sahel

September 8, 2025

MRA Calls on Niger Governor Bago to Immediately Reopen Badeggi Radio

August 27, 2025

Coroner Orders Hospital to Disclose Records on Late Journalist Pelumi Onifade to MRA’s Lawyers

August 11, 2025

Attacks against Journalists Intensifying under Tinubu Administration, Says MRA in New Report

July 28, 2025

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment on Blasphemy Laws

July 28, 2025

MRA, IPC Appeal Judgment in Suit to Compel CCB to Investigate David Umahi Over Attacks on Journalists

July 25, 2025

Media Rights Agenda Launches Practical Guide for Journalists on Leveraging Digital Tools

July 14, 2025

MRA Calls for Stronger Legal and Institutional Protections for Whistleblowers in Nigeria

July 14, 2025

MRA Welcomes Speaker Tajudeen Abbas’ Proposals for Strengthening FOI Compliance

June 25, 2025

MRA Condemns NEITI’s Call to Amend FOI Act to Punish Alleged ‘Misuse’

June 6, 2025

MRA Plans Workshops for Journalists on Laws Affecting Media in Nigeria

August 5, 2024

MRA Calls on Federal Government and Security Agencies to Protect Journalists Covering Protests

July 31, 2024

National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC) Receives Complaint from Federal Government Against Daily Trust Newspaper

July 15, 2024

MRA Condemns Kidnap of Journalists and Families, Calls on Federal Government to take Immediate Action to Secure their Release

July 8, 2024

MRA Condemns Federal Government’s Threat to Jail Officials Leaking Information

July 4, 2024

MRA Says Abduction of Global Upfront Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Unacceptable, Describes Police as ‘Gun for Hire’

May 24, 2024

MRA Condemns Police Harassment of Journalists, Calls on President Tinubu to Safeguard Media Freedom

May 17, 2024

WPFD 2024: The Lagos Plan of Action on Media Freedom in Nigeria

May 6, 2024

Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day, Urge Governments to Protect Media Freedom

May 2, 2024

Media Bodies, CSOs Demand Investigation into Journalist Detention and Prosecution of Perpetrators

April 8, 2024

NBC Lodges Appeal Against Court’s Refusal to Reverse Judgment Restraining it from Imposing Fines on Broadcast Stations

March 7, 2024

Court Orders Federal Government to Investigate all Attacks Against Journalists, Punish Perpetrators of Attacks

February 16, 2024