Lagos, Thursday, November 28, 2013: The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said it cannot release the procurement records for the purchase of two controversial bullet proof cars to two non-governmental organizations seeking access to them because releasing them would undermine ongoing administrative and criminal investigations into the matter. The …

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As part of efforts to promote gender equality in the Media, the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and its partners have launched a video calling for action on gender equality and women’s empowerment in and through media in the form of a Global Alliance on Media and Gender …

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting new nomination proposals for inscription on its Memory of the World International Register. The Register is a list of library collections and archive holdings of world significance, which was established in 1997 to promote documentary heritage of universal value. …

The Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, has called on journalists in Nigeria to take advantage of the Freedom of Information Act to advance investigative reporting in the country. Ojo spoke while training journalists from the print and broadcast media from across the country at a media capacity-building …

The German Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Communication and Information at the University of Hamburg will convene in December 2013 an international workshop to promote and inform current debates on approaches to handling online content that violates freedom of expression. The workshop, which will take …

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched a discussion group on the popular social networking site, Facebook, for the recently released “Freedom of Expression Toolkit: A Guide for Students”. The discussion group was launched by UNESCO in conjunction with the 8th Youth Forum, a gathering of …

Media Rights Agenda (MRA), in its goal to ensure the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in Nigeria, has initiated a mentoring programme for civil society organisations (CSOs) working in the areas of democratic governance across the country. With support from Democratic Governance for Development (DGD II) …

Applications are invited from individuals who are nationals of an African country, were born in Africa or whose parents are African for the annual Caine Prize for Africa Writing. The winning prize will be awarded at a ceremony which will take place at Bodleian Library in Oxford on July 14, …

Access Info Europe has won the legal battle for greater transparency of the legislative processes of the Council of the European Union (EU) in Brussels with the ruling of the European Court of Justice in its favour. The Court  rejected the Council’s arguments on why  information should be withheld from …