Media Rights Agenda
Lagos, Tuesday, July 30, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the harassment of Mr. Oke Epia, publisher of the online newspaper, OrderPaper Nigeria, by a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tony Nwulu, and called on the Nigerian Police to thoroughly investigate the alleged threat to the …
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MRA Launches Enhanced ‘FOI Hall of Shame’, Says Every Inducted Institution will be Sued
Lagos, Monday, July 29, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today announced the launching of an enhanced “Freedom of Information Hall of Shame”, saying it would now take legal action against every public institution inducted into the Hall of Shame for undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information Act. The …
Read More »AFEX Demands Accountability for 2004 Killing of Deyda Hydara, Calls for Prosecution of Ex-President Jammeh of Gambia
ACCRA, GHANA, Wednesday, July 24, 2019: The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a regional network of freedom of expression organizations, has called on African and world leaders to take immediate steps to bring former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh to justice for the 2004 killing of Mr. Deyda Hydara, a …
Read More »MRA Condemns Police Shooting of Channels TV Journalist During Shiite Protests, Calls for Independent Inquiry
Lagos, Tuesday, 23 July, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned yesterday’s shooting to death in Abuja of 23-year-old Channels Television journalist, Mr. Precious Owolabi, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who was serving his primary assignment with the news organization and shot in the course of his professional …
Read More »EU Rights Group Launches New E-learning Platform
The European Union (EU) Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has launcheda new e-learning platform on migration to help journalists and media professionals who seek to enhance the quality of their work when reporting about migration. The new platform was platform developed by journalists for journalists to mark World Refugee Day on …
Read More »ICIR Creates FOIA Help Desk to Assist Journalists Seeking Information from Government
The Abuja-based International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), a non-profit news agency, has launched a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Help Desk to assist journalists who need help with getting documents or information from Nigerian Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies for stories that they are working on. All that is …
Read More »Liberia to Propose Resolution on Access to Information Day at UN General Assembly
Liberia plans to table a resolution before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this year asking it to endorse the November 2015 proclamation by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) of September 28 as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., …
Read More »Journalist Sues NDDC for Denial of Access to Information
A journalist, Mr. Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi, who reports for the Neighbourhoodnewspaper has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt against the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over the Commission’s refusal to accede to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request he made. Joined as a respondent in the …
Read More »Journalist Sues Local Government Council over Denial of FOI Request
Mr. Nelson Asieyemia, a journalist with Truth magazine in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sued the Obio/ AkporLocal Government Council for its failure to make available to him the information he requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. The Journalist requested the following information: 1. The budgetary …
Read More »Journalist Sues Niger Delta Basin Development Authority over Denial of FOI Request
A journalist, Mr. Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi, who reports for the Neighbourhoodnewspaper in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sued the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA) for failure to make available to him the information he requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. Kelechji, in the case filed by …
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