Media Rights Agenda
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the Nigerian broadcast sector regulator, on June 6, 2019, suspended indefinitely the broadcast licence of Daar Communications Plc, operators of Africa Independent Television (AIT), RayPower FM and Faaji FM, for allegedly failing to abide by the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The NBC accused Daar Communications Plc …
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Court Fixes Hearing in FOI Suit Against NDDC
A journalist with Wish 99.5 FM, Port Harcourt, Mark Lenu, had dragged NDDC and its Managing Director to court for failing to provide him with information he requested for pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. He joined the Attorney General of the Federation as …
Read More »Journalist Sues Rivers State University over Denial of FOI Request
Mr. Mark Lenu, a journalist, with Wish 99.5 FM, Port Harcourt has sued the Rivers State University over its failure to make available to him the information he requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The Journalist had requested from the institution the following information: The total sum …
Read More »Court Fixes Date for Hearing in Suit against the Code of Conduct Bureau over Denial of FOI Request
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 26, 2019 for hearing in International Centre for Investigative Report’s (ICIR) suit against the Code of Conduct Bureau for its refusal to disclose information following a request for information made pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. The …
Read More »ICIR Sues Bureau of Public Enterprise over Refusal to Provide Information
The International Centre for Investigative Report (ICIR) has dragged the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to Court over the Bureau’s refusal to provide the Centre with the information it requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Joined as defendants in the suit are the Director General of BPE …
Read More »Court Adjourns Hearing in Freedom of Information Suit
Justice Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, on June 19, 2019, adjourned hearing in a Freedom of Information (FOI) suit filed by a journalist, Mr. Mark Lenu, against the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital to June 27, 2019 following a request by his lawyer, Mr. …
Read More »Court Fixes Date for Hearing in FOI Case Against Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project and its Project Coordinator
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has fixed June 26, 2019 for hearing in a Freedom of Information (FOI) case filed against Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project and its Project Coordinator by a journalist, Mark Lenu. Joined as a defendant in the suit is the Attorney General …
Read More »FOI Suit Against University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Adjourned
Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on June 20, 2019, adjourned hearing in an application filed by a journalist, Mark Lenu, challenging the failure of the University of Port Harcourt to disclose to him the information he requested on April 5, 2019 At …
Read More »IFJ Delegates Elect New Executive at World Congress
Delegates of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) convening in Tunis, the Tunisia capital for the IFJ World Congress, have elected a new executive to pilot its affairs for the next three years. Moroccan journalist, Mr. Younes M’Jahed was elected as its new president; with Peruvian journalist, Zuliana Lainez as …
Read More »IPI Elects New Executive Board Members
The International Press Institute (IPI) has elected a new set of executive board members at its World Congress held in Geneva, Switzerland on June 5, 2019. Leading editors from the Philippines, Kenya and Nigeria were elected into the Executive Board of the global network of editors, media executives and leading …
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