Tag: Press Freedom
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Press freedom: That everything is permitted doesn’t mean there are no rules – Buhari
That everything is permitted does not mean that there are no rules of correctness, particularly in a polity seriously challenged as ours now, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, in a statement, quoted the President to have said so in commemoration of 2021 World Press Freedom…
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Press freedom is less important to the journalist, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. THE most fundamental human right to the journalist is life, followed by the right to wages or income. These are the foundations on which his profession and the freedom of expression are built. A journalist with a perpetually rumbling stomach cannot be a reliable soldier of press freedom. At best, he…
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Buhari’s administration has promoted freedom of press, says clergyman
A clergyman, Most-Rev. Ikechi Nwosu, said that one positive feature of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was the freedom of press currently enjoyed by Nigerians from all spheres of life. Nwosu, the Archbishop of Aba Province, Anglican Communion and Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, said this on Friday in Umuahia. He said that aside from…
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FG rejects Nigeria’s rating on Press Freedom
The Federal Government has described as “inaccurate’’ the recent survey by Reporters Without Borders, which alleged that Nigeria’s press freedom rating has been on sustained decline since 2015. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja to mark the World Press Freedom Day 2017.…