Media Rights Agenda
Forty-eight international and Nigerian human rights and press freedom organisations have filed an urgent appeal to the United Nations and African Union Special Mechanisms calling for their intervention in the arbitrary arrest and detention of Nigerian journalist and human rights defender Mr Omoyele Sowore. Mr Sowore is a prominent journalist, …
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MRA Commends NIPC for ‘Initial Steps’ to Comply with FOI Proactive Disclosure Obligation
Lagos, Wednesday, August 21, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today commended the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) for its initial efforts at complying with its proactive disclosure obligations under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and called on other public institutions in the country to take a cue from the …
Read More »Local Intelligence Agency Arrest Editor for Facebook Post
At about 2am on August 5, 2019 operatives of Nigeria’s local intelligence agency, the Directorate of State Security (DSS) stormed the Rigachikun, Kaduna State residence of Mr. Ibrahim Dan Halilu, a former editor at the privately-owned Daily Trust newspaper and arrested him for ventilating his support of the ‘RevolutionNow’ campaign. …
Read More »MRA Condemns DSS Arrest and Detention of Journalist, Calls for his Unconditional Release
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) condemned the arrest and continued detention of Mr. Ibrahim Dan Halilu on August 13, 2019, calling for his immediate and unconditional release from custody. The organization called on the Federal Government to compensate Mr. Halilu, a journalist and former Political Editor of the privately-owned Daily Trust …
Read More »Journalist Sues the President of the Nigeria Football Federation for Denial of FOI Request
A journalist, Ms Godsgift Onyedinefu, who works with Global Sentinel has instituted legal proceeding against the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over its refusal to provide her with information she requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. The Attorney General of the Federation is joined …
Read More »Journalist Sues National Broadcasting Commission for Refusal to Grant FOI Request
Mr. David Lawani, a journalist with the Abuja Inquirer newspaper, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) failure to grant his request for information pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. Joined as defendants in the suit are …
Read More »Federal Ministry of Finance and Others Taken to Court for Non-Compliance with the FOI Act
Ms Godsgift Onyedinefu, a journalist with Global Sentinel, an online news magazine, has taken the Federal Ministry of Finance to Court over the Ministry’s failure to make available to her the information she requested under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. She joined the Minister of Finance and the …
Read More »Ministry of Youth and Sports Development Sued over Refusal to Provide Information
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has been sued by Ms Godsgift Onyedinefu, a journalist with Global Sentinel, an online news magazine, over the Ministry’s refusal to provide her with the information she requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Other parties joined in the suit …
Read More »Journalist Drags Secretary to the Government of the Federation to Court over FOI Request Denial
A journalist, Ms Godsgift Onyedinefu, with Global Sentinel has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to provide her with the information she requested from him through a letter dated June 3, 2019. Relying on the Freedom …
Read More »CPJ Announces Launch of Updated Digital Safety Kit for Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has announced the launch of a new, updated Digital Safety Kit for journalists looking to better protect themselves, their sources, and their information. Produced by CPJ’s Emergencies Response Team, the toolkit combines six bite-sized safety notes on different topics in an accessible format that …
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