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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said no journalist has been incarcerated under the Bola Tinubu administration for practising responsible journalism.
According to a statement on Friday, the Minister spoke in Abuja during a press briefing organised by his minist ry in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management, and the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day.
Idris said, “I have not seen somebody in the life of this administration, for example, who has been put in jail, or who has gone into exile as a result of press freedom.
[…] Idris added that while the media remained largely free in Nigeria, he described the spread of falsehood and misinformation as irresponsible journalism which he said cannot be equated with press freedom.
