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Assessment of Press Freedom in Nigeria

This position paper examined the state of press freedom in Nigeria. The primary objective of the paper is to bring to the fore, the condition of the media ecosystem in Nigeria. Anchored on the Social Responsibility Theory and the Libertarian Theory of the press, the paper explored various researches that have been conducted on the subject matter. Significantly, seven press laws in the Nigeria’s corpus of laws were reviewed, and from them, inferences were drawn that provides insight into the prevailing press environment in the country. Among other things, the paper shows that the major source o…