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Human rights violations have continued unabated under President Bola Tinubu.

TODAY’S World Press Freedom Day is a timely reminder of the critical role of the media in promoting the ideals of a democracy in society.

"It has been over a week since Segun’s abduction, yet his whereabouts are still unknown. His phone was switched off and no one has contacted his distressed family."

Between January and August, 74 press attacks were recorded, according to data from Press Tracker.

In this interview, Dapo Olorunyomi discusses how he founded his media organisation, which challenges he faced, and press freedom issues and election reporting in Nigeria.

Dapo Olorunyomi, founder of ‘Premium Times’, on misinformation, investigative journalism and press freedom in his home country. 

According to a 2022 survey published by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) in its Gender-Based Violence Reporting Handbook, of 120 Nigerian journalists interviewed, threats were the second topmost challenge mentioned by those reporting GBV, after silence from victims and survivors.

Ahead of next month's general elections, the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID, has called on governments at all levels and the

The press attacks in 2022, so far, are higher than in the previous two years, and are mostly carried out by state actors.

WPFD2021: Press Freedom Is the Lifeblood of Democracy, By Dapo Olorunyomi Nigerians need not be reminded of the values of a free press. ADVERTISEMENT To make press freedom significant in Nigeria therefore, the horde of restrictive legislations still in the books or crawling to become laws in parliament must be thrown out. With the payload of restraining legislations in the books, President Buhari’s admonishment to the industry to wield its freedom with responsibility sounds oddly bizarre, lik...