FOI Coalition Freedom of Information Coalition (FOIC) Nigeria

Lagos, Monday, June 25, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today announced the induction of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, saying the institution has consistently failed to comply with its duties and obligations under the FOI Act, 2011. In a statement in Lagos, MRA’s Legal Officer, Ms Chioma Nwaodike, said: “The Federal ... Read More »

LAGOS, June 21, 2018: For the second time in four months, a Lagos High Court has struck out a motion by the Lagos State Government to suspend proceedings in a Freedom of Information suit brought against it by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) pending the Government’s appeal against the court’s ruling that the FOI Act, 2011 is applicable to the Government ... Read More »

LAGOS, Tuesday, June 19, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGOF) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame following a scathing assessment in which it was adjudged to have “failed abysmally in many ways to comply with its obligations under the FOI Act over the last seven years.” Mr. ... Read More »