Lagos, Monday, September 25, 2017:  Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) this week’s inductee into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, contending that the agency’s sundry acts of non-compliance with the FOI Act suggest that the health …

The Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law (JIMEL), in association with the Southwestern Law Review, and Southwestern International Law Journal is now accepting papers on Fake News and Weaponized Defamation. The intended Papers are expected to have an international or comparative focus that engage historical, contemporary or emerging issues …

LAGOS, Monday, September 18, 2017: The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) was today named into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for “egregious acts of non-compliance with the FOI Act” over the last six years, joining 11 other previous recipients of the “award” launched …

The Oxford Internet institute, a multi-disciplinary research and teaching department of University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the internet, is calling for papers on Reframing ‘Fake News’: Architectures, Influence, and Automation for a special issue of Policy and Internet, the first major peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal investigating the …

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) will hold the 13th edition of the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC 2017) from September 20 to 24, 2017 in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State” capital. The focus of this Conference is on the media as a major stakeholder in the nation’s democratic project, …

The African Media Initiative (AMI) is inviting entries from professional journalists in Africa reporting or writing for print, radio, TV and digital platforms for the third edition of the ZIMEO Excellence in Media Awards. The Zimeo Awards recognises journalism excellence in 12 different areas among which are urban journalism, Maritime …

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has called on governments and stakeholders to, as a matter of urgency, institute measures  to ensure that freedom of expression rights are protected and to end impunity for crimes against journalists. The group expressed serious concern about the issue of safety of journalists and impunity …

Two journalists, Timothy Agbor of The Point newspaper and Toba Adedeji of the Osun Defender were on September 11, 2017 brutalised by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) while covering a protest by members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) at the Osun State House of Assembly. …

On September 12, 2017, a detachment of about 20 soldiers invaded the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Umuahia, Abia State, damaging properties and inflicting injuries on journalitsts. They assaulted two journalists whom they suspected took their photographs, destroyed some items including phones, iPad, laptops and other working devices …

The United Nations is calling for entries for the Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards. Submissions for these awards should reflect fundamental UN principals which include the importance of human dignity, mutual respect and friendship among nations, as well as economic consideration and environmental responsibilities toward each other. Entries for these …