Tag Archives: Media Rights Agenda

Amidst growing concerns over the safety of journalists in Nigeria, a Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable convened in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Spearheaded by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Nigeria, the event aimed to address the myriad challenges faced by journalists, particularly female reporters, and explore actionable solutions to ensure their safety and security in the …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos asking it to order the Lagos State Government and Police authorities to launch a transparent, impartial and independent investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a journalist killed in Lagos while covering the #ENDSARS protests in October 2020, and direct them to identify and prosecute those responsible for killing him.

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the legal authority of the broadcast regulatory body, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to regulate and license social media platforms in Nigeria or to determine whether a broadcasting station is patriotic or not.

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government and its relevant agencies to take urgent measures to reverse the steady decline in the number of Nigerians online, saying the Government’s efforts should now be geared towards ensuring that every citizen is connected to the Internet rather than pushing those already connected off the grid.

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) yesterday, welcomed the October 6 resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the safety of journalists and called on the Federal Government to give full effect to its provisions, including by bringing all its laws, policies and practices into compliance with its obligations under international human rights law, as required by the resolution.

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The Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) was on Monday inducted into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for its continual failure to comply with the provisions of the FOI Act, 2011. Announcing the induction of the BCDA into the Hall of Shame in a statement in Lagos, MRA’s Legal Officer, Ms Morisola Alaba, …

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Another Ikeja High Court judge, Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe, was today inducted into the “FOI Hall of Shame” for her recent decision which has the effect of barring requesters who have been ignored by public institutions to which they applied for information under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, from approaching the court for a judicial review as provided by the …

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