Tag: Freedom of Information
We Believe In Free Press, Says Kano Information Commissioner
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Commissioner of Information in Kano state, Northwest Nigeria, Malam Muhammad Garba on Saturday declared that Governor Abdullahi Umar…
Oduah BMW: Court struck out suit seeking information
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the freedom of information suit filed by the…
Fashola sued to provide school funding details
A human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola to…
FOI Act Will Accelerate Development Of Maritime Sector
Effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2011 will accelerate development of the maritime industry and enhance the…
Shocking: Reports Indict Pilot, NCAA In 2005-2006 Plane Crashes in Nigeria
Although the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, the agency in charge of investigating plane crashes in Nigeria, has continually released partial…
FG Acts On FOI Act
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja constituted an 11-member committee on the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI)…
Dabiri-Erewa Stresses Importance Of FOI
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the Freedom of Information, FOI, law is to ensure…
Soyinka To Jonathan: Put FOI Bill To Test By Probing Yar’Adua’s Concealed Illness
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to put the Freedom of Information Act to test…
Seventh Lagos Assembly: Will FOI Bill Sail Through?
One of the bills which suffered in the sixth session of the Lagos State House of Assembly is the Lagos…
FOI Law, An Affirmation Of Church’s Teachings —CAN
The signing of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill into law is an affirmation of the church’s teachings on distributive…
Nigerian Editors Praise President Jonathan Over FOI Law
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has received the news of the assent of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Freedom…
Non Passage Of FOI Bill Is Treason Against Nigerians -Ribadu
The Presidential Candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has described the Freedom of Information (FOI)…