LAGOS, Monday, October 29, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) “Hall of Shame”, saying the institution’s sundry violations of the provisions of the FOI Act also
Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has launched its fifth annual edition of the Affordability Report, which draws insight to issues around internet access and affordability as well as a growing number of countries acknowledging the need to put digital strategies
Access Now, a non-governmental organization that defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world, is calling for proposals from individuals and organisations interested in hosting sessions at RightsCon Tunis, scheduled to hold in Tunis,
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) will host the 2018 edition of the Digital Media Asia Conference from November 7 to 9, 2018, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The conference would bring together a cross-functional team
The African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) took participants through a two-day Internet Society’s Collaborative Internet Governance Project Workshop, a pre-AfriSIG event to set the pace for AfriSIG and build participants’ negotiation and conflict resolution skills in the context of
The Chairman of Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, has expressed the determination of the Commission to ensure decency and professionalism in the broadcast media coverage of Nigeria’s 2019 elections saying: “As a Commission we are committed
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has released the list of broadcast stations that it said breached the provisions of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code during the second quarter of the year, April to June 2018. The list documents 49 cases of
Applications are now being accepted for the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships for its Class of 2020. The fellowships are open to candidates from around the world to work on ideas to address the most urgent problems facing journalism. Successful
The Highway Africa Centre is now accepting applications from practicing journalists for fellowships to attend a three-day course scheduled for November 26 to 28, 2018, on Solutions Journalism with special focus on Health, Development and Development Science. Successful applicants will
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Unitd Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are jointly launching a research and writing competition for journalists aged between 15 and 25. Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF),
