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Nigeria Twitter Ban: Government Should Discontinue Course of Action

The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, has observed with great concern, the suspension imposed on Twitter, the micro blogging and social networking platform....
Nigeria  Digital Rights

Nigeria: MRA, IPC Condemn Federal Government’s Twitter Ban

Lagos, Monday, June 7, 2021:  Two non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) today condemned the Federal Government’s indefinite...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: International Press Center Releases 2020 Report on State Of Attacks on Journalists

The International Press Centre  (IPC) under a safety of journalists’ project supported by the Open Society Foundation (OSF) commenced the monitoring of attacks on...
Nigeria  Safety of Journalists

World Press Freedom Day 2021: Information as a Public Good

The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day 2021 with the theme:...
Nigeria  Safety of Journalists

Lawyers Urge Federal Government to Domesticate Regional and International Instruments on the Safety of Journalists

Participants of a Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to domesticate...
Nigeria  Free Expression and The Law

Nigeria: Newspaper Sued, Threatened Over Critical Publication

A charity group, Al Bashar International Foundation based in Bauchi State, Nigeria, has sued the WikkiTimes Media Limited and three others for defamation over...
Nigeria 

Nigeria: MRA Calls on IGP to Order Arrest and Prosecution of Brother of State Governor for Attack on Journalist

LAGOS, Thursday, February 11, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to order the immediate arrest and...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: IPC Urges Release of Kidnapped Journalist Chidiebere Onyia

The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria, is highly disturbed that yet another journalist has been kidnapped. The abduction at gun-point of Chidebere Onyia, a reporter...
Nigeria  Digital Rights

MRA Condemns Blocking of Three Websites Associated With #EndSARS Protests

Lagos, Tuesday, December 1, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the apparent surreptitious blocking of three websites associated with the #EndSARS protests in...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: MRA Calls on Government to Establish Mechanisms to Combat Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

On the occasion of this year’s International Day to End Impunity for crimes against journalists, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal...
Nigeria  Freedom Of Assembly

MRA Condemns Attacks on the Media During #EndSARS Protests as Reprehensible

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned recent attacks against journalists and media houses in some parts of the country, particularly in Lagos, by State...
Nigeria  Freedom Of Assembly

#ENDSARS Protests: IPC Condemns Arson Attack on Media Outlets and Journalists

The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria is extremely concerned about latest happenings in the country with respect to the #ENDSARS and #ENDSWAT protests especially...
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