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This year’s World Press Freedom Day, which is due tomorrow, reminds governments at all levels of their commitment to press freedom. In this interview with BRIDGET CHIEDU ONOCHIE and SADIQ OMOLAOYE, President, Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mallam Kabir Abdullahi Yusuf, who is also the Chairman, Daily Trust Newspaper, gave insight into the impacts of the theme on stakeholders. He also spoke on the significance of hosting the event in Namibia 30 years after it originated from the country.
In an era of social media and its attendant unverifiable information in the public space, would it be easy to convince the populace about news information being a public good?