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- 10 Feb 2025
MRA Calls for Safer Internet User Rights in Nigeria
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Nigerian government to take legitimate measures to safeguard the rights and safety of internet users in the country. In a statement released ahead of Safer…
- 15 Apr 2014
MRA Launches FOI App on Android Devices
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has launched an Application to enable users of android powered mobile devices to download the Freedom of Information Act 2011 to their handsets, tablets and other devices.…
- 18 Oct 2017
MRA Inducts NIMC into FOI Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, saying it was recognizing the agency for its determined…
- 5 Mar 2018
MRA Inducts NLRC into FOI Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) as this week’s inductee into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” for consistently violating the…
- 25 Oct 2017
MRA Inducts Federal Civil Service Commission into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing the Government’s oversight body for the civil…
- 15 May 2023
MRA Urges NBC to Obey Court Order Restraining Imposition of Fines on Broadcast Stations
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to comply fully with the orders of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja which restrained it…
- 16 Mar 2018
MRA Asks Buhari to Assent to Digital Rights and Freedom Bill
Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into law as soon as he receives it from the National Assembly, saying it is the most…
- 21 Aug 2018
MRA Inducts NSE into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) monday accused the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of showing complete nonchalance towards the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 as it inducted the institution into its…
- 5 Nov 2018
MRA Inducts CommTech into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing the Ministry of extremely poor performance…
- 11 Jun 2018
MRA Inducts Onu’s Science and Tech Ministry into‘FOI Hall of Shame’
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology under the leadership of Dr. Christopher Ogbonnaya Onu has been inducted into the ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for alleged blatant…
- 9 Apr 2018
MRA Inducts Voice of Nigeria into FOI ‘Hall of Shame’
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the Voice of Nigeria (VON) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, accusing it of failing to promote the FOI Act and ensuring its effective…
- 24 Sept 2018
MRA Idnucts NBC into FOI Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) this week’s inductee into the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, saying that its overall performance in the…
- 6 Feb 2016
Looting of Nigerian Treasury Hits N1.354Trn in 9 Years -MRA
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) an independent, non-governmental, established for freedom of expression and access to information in Nigeria has said that Nigerian government officials, workers with…
- 20 Feb 2018
MRA Inducts TCN into ‘Hall of Shame’ for Power Outages
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) as this week’s inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for leaving Nigerians in the dark over its…
- 2 May 2025
MRA Flags AI Concerns ahead of Press Freedom Day Today
Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has unveiled a visual brief emphasizing the critical need for responsible and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journalism, particularly within Nigeria’s…
- 17 Aug 2021
MRA Calls on FG to Reverse Steady Decline in Internet Subscriptions
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Nigerian Government and its relevant agencies to take urgent measures to reverse the steady decline in the number of Nigerians online, saying the…
- 27 Aug 2018
MRA Inducts NIPOST into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for Violating FOI
Media Rights Agenda today named the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” for the institution’s failure to comply with its duties and obligations…
- 6 Aug 2021
EIE, PIN, MRA Sue FG, Telcos Over Twitter Suspension
A Coalition of civil right group, comprising of Enough is Enough (EIE) Paradigm Initiative, (PIN) and Citizens Gavel have filed a suit for fundamental rights against the Attorney General of the…
- 17 Aug 2020
Groups Slam NBC over N5m Fine on Nigeria Info 99.3FM
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Media Rights Agenda (MRA), at the weekend, condemned the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) imposition of a N5 million fine on the Nigeria Info…
- 13 Aug 2021
Groups Drag Telcos to Court over Twitter Suspension in Nigeria
EIE Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a group of organizations, has filed a joint suit against telecommunications operators in Nigeria, over twitter suspension…
- 4 Jun 2024
IG4D 2024: Edetaen Ojo to chair NDSF on Internet Governance
One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance…
- 17 Jan 2024
Court Stops NBC from Imposing Fines on Broadcasters
Federal High Court in Abuja, Wednesday, declared null and void the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code authorising National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcast stations…
- 2 Apr 2026
Appeal Court Upholds Ban on NBC's Power to Fine Broadcast Stations
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), seeking to overturn a Federal High Court judgement that restrained it from imposing…
- 17 Jul 2017
Information Ministry Bags “FOI Hall of Shame” Award
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture on Monday joined the growing list of public officials and institutions accused of undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FOI)…
- 22 Jan 2024
NGE Demands Investigation into Police Invasion of TV Station
Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the recent action of a Police Force squad who broke into ABN TV and arrested a guest during a live programme in Umuahia, Abia State. The Guild also…
- 14 Sept 2021
Civil Right Groups Decry FG’s Continuous Ban on Twitter
Coalitions of human right groups have decried the continuous ban on Twitter, a Microblogging firm by the federal government. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek reports that Nigeria’s Twitter ban entered 100…
- 3 Aug 2026
NBC Files Fresh Appeal against Judgment Barring it from Imposing Fines on Broadcast Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has filed an application seeking the permission of the court of appeal to file a fresh appeal against the judgement of the federal high court in Abuja barring…
- 5 Apr 2023
Media Groups Tackle NBC over N5m Fine against Channels
Media advocacy groups have slammed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), for imposing a five million naira fine on Channels Television. This was contained in a joint statement by Edetaen Ojo,…
- 14 Jun 2026
CSOs Raise Alarm over Nigeria’s Data Protection Crisis
A coalition of civil society organisations has warned that Nigerians’ personal information remains vulnerable to abuse despite existing data protection laws. In a statement titled “Protected From the…
- 18 Jun 2026
Court Deals Fresh Blow to NBC, Throws Out Appeal over Broadcast Fines
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) challenging a Federal High Court judgment that restrained the commission from imposing fines…