On September 24, 2019, the world’s foremost Internet search engine, Google, won its ‘right to be forgotten’ case against France at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which ruled that Google does not have to apply the European Union law which guarantees the right to be forgotten globally but only …

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has commended the landmark judgment of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on September 24, 2019 resolved the dispute over Google’s responsibility to remove information from the Internet, frequently referred to as the “right to be forgotten”. In …

For reporting the assault, arrest and detention of Ms Mary Ekere, Premium Times newspaper Regional Editor for the South-south, Cletus Ukpong has reported being threatened by Cristo Ekpoh, a confidant of Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the Akwa Ibom State Governor. He was warned that the same kind of treatment meted out …

On September 18, 2019, a combined team of armed policemen and soldiers laid siege at  the Isaac John Street, Ikeja  Lagos offices of the online news platform, Sahara Reporters, denying people access to the building and preventing those inside from coming out. The invading security personnel according to SaharaReporters, came …

On September 16, 2019  Ms Mary Ekere, a reporter with The Post Newspaper, a local tabloid in  Akwa Ibom State, was assaulted, arrested and detained by officials of the State Environmental and Waste Management Agency for taking pictures of the agency’s officials confiscating traders’ wares at Ibom Plaza in Uyo, …

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) is inviting Nigerian journalists or team of journalists, who are either on full-time or part-time employment, to submit entries for the 14th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The Centre has also introduced online application option for some categories …

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has launched a new guide to help non-journalists such as ordinary citizens, members of non-governmental organizations, and non-journalism professionals interested in using investigative techniques to uncover wrongdoing and expose the invisible. Titled Citizens Investigation Guide, it is a resource full of techniques used by …

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has launched its 2019 report on the state of Internet freedom in Africa which tracks 20 Years of Internet controls in the continent, focusing on what has shaped the African digital society. Launched at the Forum on Internet Freedom …

In an apparent move by the Cross River State government to humiliate him, Mr. Agba Jalingo, publisher of Cross River Watch, who had been arrested and detained since August 22, 2019 was on October 4, 2019 brought to court in handcuffs for his bail ruling. Justice Simon Amobeda of the …

Applications for the class of 2020-21 Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists at the University of Michigan are now open to international applicants. Applicants applying are advised to review the information for international applicants on available online at http://wallacehouse.umich.edu/knight-wallace/how-to-apply/international-applicants/ and if they still have questions, send an email to apply2KWF@umich.edu. Interested journalists who are applying …