Media Rights Agenda
LAGOS, Wednesday, August 15, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Samuel Ogundipe, a Premium Times newspaper reporter who was arrested yesterday and is being detained by the Nigerian Police at the Force headquarters in Abuja for refusing to disclose the source …
Read More »MRA Inducts Department of Petroleum Resources into ‘FOI Hall “of Shame’
LAGOS, Monday, August 13, 2018: For its relentless dedication to secrecy and attendant disregard for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria’s petroleum regulatory agency, into its “FOI Hall of Shame.” MRA’s FOI Programme Manager, Mr Ridwan Sulaimon, …
Read More »MRA Inducts Bank of Industry into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for Shrouding its Operations in Secrecy, Violating FOI Act
LAGOS, Monday, August 6, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Bank of Industry (BoI) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame over the institution’s preference for shrouding its operations in secrecy while completely disregarding its duties and obligations under the FOI Act, 2011. In a statement …
Read More »Agricultural Research Council Bags ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ Award for Violating FOI Act
Lagos, Monday, July 30, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) this week’s inductee into the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” for consistently violating the provisions of the FOI Act over the past seven years, thereby denying Nigerians the right to information in …
Read More »MRA Sues Government Over Failure to Disclose Those Who Traveled to Russia for the World Cup and Cost to Government
Lagos, Thursday, July 26, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has sued the Federal Government over its failure to disclose the lists of Nigerian footballers and coaches, supporters, government officials and their aides who travelled to Russia last month for the 2018 World Cup and whose travel expenses were covered through public …
Read More »MRA Inducts Environmental Standards Enforcement Agency into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, July 23, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing it of undermining its own effectiveness by disregarding the FOI Act and possibly endangering the lives of Nigerians by its …
Read More »MRA Names National Institute for Sports into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, July 16, 2018: For failing to comply with its duties and obligations under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 over the last seven years, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named National Institute for Sports (NIS) into the “FOI Hall of Shame,” In a statement issued in Lagos …
Read More »Media Rights Agenda Inducts Federal Fire Service into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, July 9, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Federal Fire Service into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” during which it catalogued the institution’s several acts of non-compliance with its duties and obligations under the FOI Act over the last seven years. MRA’s Legal …
Read More »MRA Calls on National Assembly to Ensure Effective Implementation of FOI Act as ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ Clocks One Year
LAGOS, Tuesday, July 3, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the National Assembly to institute measures to enforce compliance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in its capacity as the ultimate oversight body in the implementation of the Law, as the organization marked the first year anniversary of …
Read More »Commission for Mass literacy Inducted into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, Monday, July 2, 2018: The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) today joined dozens of other public institutions in the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” as Media Rights Agenda (MRA) accused it of failing to comply with virtually all its duties and obligations …
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