Purpose Agitation for adoption of freedom of access to government information is an
emerging issue in Africa and has gathered momentum since 2000 when South Africa …

This study interrogates journalists' assessment of the effectiveness of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) in Nigeria, particularly as it pertains to its implementation and …

This chapter focuses on gender dynamics in media safety in Nigeria. It critically examines
the safety challenges journalists in Nigeria face in executing their duties in a country that has …

The availability of timely and accurate information from authentic sources is a booster to
national development. Freedom of information is a necessity in order to salvage the nation …

Abstract Since the 1990s, Black African states have been subjected to endogenous and
exogenous political pressures which have compelled them to variously adopt a number of …

Like other democratic countries, Nigeria has adopted deregulation and regulation of media
broadcast among other paradigms to enable freedom of expression and a conducive media …

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and
expression through medium including electronic media and published materials. This study …

This study interrogates journalists' assessment of the effectiveness of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) in Nigeria, particularly as it pertains to its implementation and …

Before their contact with the Western world, a number of pre-colonial Nigerian societies had
developed practices adjudged by modern pundits as civilised. These included having …