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- 27 May 2021
NBC Suspends Licence of Human Rights Radio over Brekete Host
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the licence of Human Rights Radio 101.1 FM in Abuja owned by Ahmed Isah popularly known as Ordinary President. The commission in a statement on…
- 6 Nov 2023
Some NBC Broadcasting Codes Violate Human Rights- ECOWAS Court
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has declared some provisions of the the Nigeria Broadcasting Code as infringements on Nigerian citizens’ rights, including freedom of expression. The affected provisions…
- 8 Sept 2019
SERAP Seeks $10Bn for Victims of Xenophobia in South Africa
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the commission’s members…
- 15 Oct 2023
SERAP Urges Lawmakers to Reject Social Media Regulation Bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the lawmakers to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill which if passed would unduly restrict the rights to…
- 29 Mar 2023
NCC, NITDA, others partner with ASF France on protection of Nigerians’ digital rights
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have expressed their readiness to partner with Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France on the…
- 19 Jul 2021
HURIWA Slams NBC over Attempt to Gag Terrorism Reporting
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), rights advocacy group has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), for what it called its attempt to muzzle press freedom in the…
- 16 Feb 2015
OBJ, Adoke Frustrate Probe of ‘Snipers Training’ by GEJ
The planned investigation by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Goodluck Jonathan was training and arming killer squad…
- 9 Apr 2014
NHRC to Probe Judge over N5Bn Pension Fraud
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that it will investigate Justice Adeniyi Ademola, a Federal High Court judge in the Abuja Division of the court, over his purported…
- 7 Aug 2019
Paradigm Initiative Calls out Kenyan Government over Privacy concern on Huduma Number
On February 18 2019, the government of Kenya publicly announced the rolling out of Huduma number, a single number that is linked to a resident’s personal identifiers including biometric and…
- 19 Nov 2025
Group Deepens Digital Rights Advocacy in Ghana Through Judicial Training and Policy Dialogue
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading pan-African non-profit organisation that advocates for digital rights and inclusion, is collaborating with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative…
- 11 Oct 2019
FG Sets Up Dedicated Email Address for Sexual Harassment Complaints
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has set up a dedicated email address to receive complaints about sexual harassment in the country’s institutions of higher learning.…
- 31 Oct 2021
N5m Hate Speech Fine: Court to Deliver Judgment on Suit against FG Today
A Federal High Court in Lagos State presided by Justice A.L Allagoa will today deliver judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer, against the National…
- 12 Mar 2023
2023 Elections: SERAP Gives Buhari 48 Hours to Withdraw Threat to Shut Down Broadcast Stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting…
- 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…
- 24 Aug 2018
HURIWA Seeks Probe of NBC DG, Claims Buhari Blackmailing Media
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a non-governmental organization, has accused the Alhaji Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of being a…
- 26 Oct 2020
SERAP Kicks as NBC Slams Fines on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), leading Nigerian rights group, has given the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 48 hours to cancel the fines imposed on three TV channels…
- 8 Jul 2018
HURIWA Calls FG Out over NBC’s N2Bn, N500m Bribe @ MTN
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), one of the nation's foremost pro-democracy and civil Rights organisations has described the recently signed executive order by President…
- 5 Dec 2021
SERAP Drags FG to Court for Shutting Down Telecom Networks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the court for “an order of perpetual injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and Isa Pantami, minister of…
- 14 Jan 2026
Paradigm Initiative Condemns the Internet Shutdown and Media Restrictions in Uganda Ahead of the 2026 General Election
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) strongly condemns the internet shutdown implemented in Uganda ahead of Thursday’s general election, as well as the restrictions placed on media coverage of protests and…
- 19 May 2025
Nigerian Judges Pledge to Uphold Global Digital Rights Standards in Ikot Ekpene Declaration
Judges of the Federal High Court and National Industrial Court in Nigeria have committed to upholding global digital rights standards by endorsing the Ikot Ekpene Declaration. The move, aimed at…
- 6 Sept 2019
FG Approves September 16 as National ID Day
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that September 16, has been approved as the National Identity Day by the Federal Government. In a statement by signed by Abdulhamid…
- 1 Nov 2020
SERAP, Others Sue Mohammed, NBC, for Fines on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), 261 involved Nigerians, civil society and media teams have filed a lawsuit in opposition to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and…
- 12 Feb 2021
Glo-sponsored African Voices ChangeMakers Features Bolanle Austen-Peters
Bolanle Austen-Peters, Managing Director of Terra Kulture, will be featured on this week’s episode of Cable News Network (CNN) African Voices ChangeMakers, sponsored by telecommunications giant,…
- 6 Sept 2019
NIMC says FG has Approved September 16 as National ID Day
The National Identity Management Commission, has announced that September 16, has been approved as the National Identity Day by the Federal Government. In a statement by signed by Abdulhamid Umar,…
- 6 Jan 2021
Ventures Platform Foundation launches applications for Gov Labs
Ventures Platform Foundation (VPF), the social impact arm of Ventures Platform Hub, has launched a call for applications for its latest incubation programme, Gov Labs - a 12-week programme for tech…
- 30 Apr 2019
#DRIF19: Delegates Call for Renewed Action to Protect Digital Rights in Africa
Delegates at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum have expressed concern at the spate of violation of human rights online on the African continent, calling for renewed action to protect the digital…
- 6 Mar 2022
NOTAP Extends IPR Awareness Campaign to Gombe, Commissions 56th IPTTO
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) in her continued awareness creation on the importance of Intellectual Property Right (IPR), in Nigeria, recently commissioned the…
- 26 Apr 2026
SERAP, NGE Sue NBC over Threat to Sanction Broadcasters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have jointly sued the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over what they described as an…
- 20 Aug 2019
HURIWA Calls Out Kawu over Alleged Ethnic Cleansing at NBC
Human rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of exhibiting extreme Igbo phobia and for waging a…
- 6 Feb 2022
NIN-SIM Linkage: SERAP Writes Buhari over ‘Unlawful Access To Subscribers Details’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good offices and leadership position to urgently review and rescind the reported approval for…