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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 7 May 2021 A journalist, Sunday Ode, who was arrested and detained on the orders of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, recalls his ordeal in this interview with OLALEKAN ADETAYO It was learnt that you recently had an encounter with some policemen. When was this and where? My name is Egena Sunday Ode. I am a journalist based in Abuja. Yes, I had a bitter encounter with some policemen on Friday, April 30, 2021, near the popular AYA roundabout in Abuja around 5.30pm. How did it happen? Around 3pm that day, I received a distress call from my cousin, John...

Ortom President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his administration’s commitment to free press, urging the professionals to wield freedom responsibly and without licentiousness. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at an event to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day holding today, the Nigerian leader pointed out that freedom of the press was “an irreducible minimum in a democracy that would flourish, but must be used responsibly.” He went on: “That everything is permitted does not mean that there are no rules of correctness, particularly in a polity seriously challenged as ours now. “T...