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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, like shackling a man and urging him to groan pleasantly. Quite fittingly, President Muhammadu Buhari’...