The Consul General of the United States of America in Nigeria, John Bray, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at a 2018 World Press Freedom Day event
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In a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, Dogara decried rising violence and killings across the country as threat to press freedom and democracy.
The theme of the 2018 celebration is: “Keeping Power in Check: Media Justice and The Rule of Law”
According to the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Zeid was selected to receive the 2018 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize.
The decision was enforced by the Clerk of the Senate, Nelson Ayewoh, who reduced the number of television news crews (cameramen) covering the Senate plenary from 13 to six before the commencement of the session
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday to mark the World Press Freedom Day 2017, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, 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
Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, stated this in her statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day commemorated on May 3
The consul-general said it was imperative for Nigerian journalists to know that Nigerians always relied on the media for truthful and objective information
Without a free press, good governance cannot be guaranteed, the fight against corruption would at best be tepid, our political development would be stunted and sluggish, while the fundamental rights of the citizenry would be trampled upon with impunity