Today, July 27, marks exactly 970 days since the body of Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year-old reporter, was discovered in a morgue at Ikorodu Lagos.
.@TheMFWA and its partners, @ipcng and @MRA_Nigeria have officially launched a 30-day campaign to demand justice..
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Nigeria’s Central Bank has been ordered by court to disclose requested information to @MRA_Nigeria and to pay compensation for wrongful denial. Information access is a human right! Read more: https://t.co/5NnJuGRP8W. #AccessToInformation
Freedom of Expression contributes to accountability and transparency in society. @MRA_Nigeria ED, @EdetOjo shares insights during a recent special workshop on #digitalrights & #cybercrimes for law enforcement officers & prosecutors.📽️
Nigeria's 🇳🇬 National Broadcasting Commission @nbcgovng asks the court to set aside it's May 2023 judgment preventing Commission from imposing fines on broadcasting sectors reports @MRA_Nigeria: https://t.co/laHdAW1Cka
West African journalists can apply for @TheMFWA DPI Journalism Fellowship to gain knowledge and skills on how to impactfully report on governance of digital public infrastructure and digital public goods and services: https://t.co/GuWXUig3Ib @CENOZO_Afrique@IPCng @imesoofficial
Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director of @MRA_Nigeria, addressing @OGPNigeria National Steering Committee (NSC) members on their role & functions at an Induction & Onboarding Session in Abuja for the recently inaugurated third NSC of the Open Government Partnership in Nigeria @EdetOjo
📢 #IFEXThisWeek: 🗞️
Violent attack on journalist Sinan Aygül in #Turkey, #Nigeria’s central bank ordered to pay @MRA_Nigeria for denial of information, and more.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria @cenbank has been ordered to pay 1 million naira to @MRA_Nigeria as damages for wrongful denial of access to information by a high court: https://t.co/l5FpdGVLHI @NamMediaTrust@africafoicentre
Not only does Nigerian court order country's central bank a @cenbank to supply information requested, but also ensures that it also pays 1 million naira (USD2100) to @MRA_Nigeria in damages for wrongful denial of access to information: https://t.co/NpyCYKiayn #AccessToInformation
@engradamuhenry@chike4@woye1 By going to court to enforce compliance, @MRA_Nigeria is training public bodies to comply when they are sent FoI requests in future.
In examining the risks posed by the disinformation pandemic in #Nigeria 🇳🇬 for @fesmediaAfrica, journalist Hamza Ibrahim @hamzaish says the fault lines exploited to polarise people are along tribal and religious lines: https://t.co/RaqrlDY3AN @NUJNIGERIA@NUJNIG@AyLonge
#Nigeria's Federal High Court blocks broadcasting regulator National Broadcasting Commission @nbcgovng from further sanctioning radio and television stations with fines or closure, reports @MRA_Nigeria: https://t.co/nZ1qVStEc4 @MojirayoDR@MISARegional