Articles by Media Rights Agenda (MRA)
Journalist assaulted by hoodlums while covering elections
The director of the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) – Dayo Aiyetan – brutally assaulted while covering Nigeria’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Mandate of Nigeria’s broadcasting regulator questioned
Media Rights Agenda uses Nigeria’s freedom of information law to anchor their interrogation of the independence of the country’s broadcasting regulator.
MRA uses FOI Act to draw out information from Nigeria’s regulator
Media Rights Agenda asks Nigeria’s broadcasting regulator to provide detailed information on the sanctions it meted out to 300 broadcasters.
Starlink internet service launched in Nigeria
Nigeria becomes the first country in Africa to roll out Starlink internet service, which has enabled the country to achieve 100% broadband coverage, guaranteeing internet connectivity in remote, rural areas.
Mandatory registration required for foreign broadcasters operating in Nigeria
Nigeria’s broadcasting regulator orders foreign broadcasters and internet protocol television providers to regularise their operations or face prosecution.
Policemen watch as Nigerian camera operator attacked
Despite being accredited to cover the event, cameraman Taiwo Yishau was savagely assaulted by ruling party activists at a major rally of the All People’s Congress.
MRA highlights critical role of radio in promoting peace
Drawing on the 2023 theme for World Radio Day, Media Rights Agenda urged the Nigerian government to remove restrictive regulations that undermine the function and role of the broadcasting sector.
MRA calls on National Assembly to investigate regulatory activities of NBC
Media Rights Agenda calls on Nigeria’s National Assembly to investigate the operations of the country’s National Broadcasting Commission, which it accuses of being politically manipulated by the Information Minister.