Lagos, Monday, July 30, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) this week’s inductee into the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” for consistently violating the provisions of the FOI Act over the past seven years, thereby denying Nigerians the right to information in …

Lagos, Thursday, July 26, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has sued the Federal Government over its failure to disclose the lists of Nigerian footballers and coaches, supporters, government officials and their aides who travelled to Russia last month for the 2018 World Cup and whose travel expenses were covered through public …

Lagos, Monday, July 23, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing it of undermining its own effectiveness by disregarding the FOI Act and possibly endangering the lives of Nigerians by its …

Some persons suspected to be hoodlums stormed the venue of a press conference addressed by some members of the Osun State Working Committee (SWC) of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC)  in Osogbo, the State capital, on July 16, 2018 and beat up journalists covering the event as well as …

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations specialized agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), is calling for submissions  for the eighth edition of the contest for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes. The WSIS Prizes 2019 will serve as “exceptional international recognition” of WSIS stakeholders …

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service to shut down its transmission for allegedly breaching the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code and the Electoral Act. In a statement signed by the Commission’s head of Public Affairs, Ms Maimuna Jimada, it noted that the decision was …

Stanford University in the United States is inviting applications from individuals across the globe who have an interest in pursuing a degree programme under  the 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship programme at the University. The programme aims to build skills in leadership and communication that will empower applicants to work across disciplines …

Money Trail and Journalismfund.eu offer working grants for mixed teams of African, Asian and European journalists to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse and corruption in Africa, Asia and Europe, as part of the Money Trail project. Only intercontinental journalist teams consisting of at least one African, one Asian …

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on July 3, 2018 called on the National Assembly to institute measures to enforce compliance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in its capacity as the ultimate oversight body in the implementation of the Law, as the organization marked the first anniversary of the launch …

The Law and Public Administration and Business Schools of the Getulio Vargas Foundation and Columbia Global Centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  will co-host the sixth Global Conference on Transparency Research at FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Campus on June 26 and 27, 2019. The International Conference is the main worldwide …