Abuja, Monday, September 21, 2020: The most transparent public institutions in Nigeria over the last one year as well as the least open and responsive will be unveiled on September 28 at the second edition of the National Freedom of Information (FOI) Ranking scheduled to take place in Abuja as …

LAGOS, Monday, September 21, 2020:  Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the continued detention of Mr. Ime Sunday Silas, an editor with the privately-owned Global Concord newspaper and publisher of the news website, The Profile, and accused the Government of incrementally damaging Nigeria’s human rights record just to satisfy political …

The United Nations (UN) will on September 28 commemorate online the 2020 International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) with the slogan: “Access to Information – Saving lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope!” It will be the first commemoration of the Day since the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution …

The Bengaluru, India-based non-governmental organization, IT for Change, has put out a call for proposal for research studies outside India, from academic and research organisations; researchers, either independently or in teams in the Global South to apply for its new research project, “Unskewing the Data Value Chain – A Policy …

A veteran journalist, Mr. Oseyiza Ogbodo, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disclose to him detailed information about the Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement (BCSA) between the Apex bank and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) as required by the …

The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the sack of a whistleblower, Mr. Joseph Ameh, who is the Head of the Physical Planning Division of the Federal College of Education in Asaba, Delta State, by the institution for reporting mismanagement within the College. The Coalition is …

The Nigerian Youth Internet Forum, as part of the 2020 Nigerian Internet Governance Forum, is now accepting applications for participation in the Nigeria Youth Internet Governance Forum (NYIGF). The theme for the 2020 NYIGF event “Shaping a resilient Internet for societal sustainability” addresses the need to build strong telecommunication infrastructure, …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) leave to apply for a judicial review of the decision by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denying its request for information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and thereby violating the organization’s right to …

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched a report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development that examines the risks to the safety of journalists covering protests over the last five years, beginning from  January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2020 The report …

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the publisher of the online portal, The Newsturf, Mr. Segun Fatuase, have filed a suit against the National Medical College (NMCN) at the Federal High Court in Lagos charging it with breaching the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, thereby violating their rights to information under …