Media Law and Investigative Journalism Practices in Nigeria
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2025-04
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LCU
Abstract
This paper x-rayed the impact of media laws on investigative
journalism practices in Nigeria. It identified types of investigative
journalism practices like covert and overt, data-based and scientific
strategies of exposing corruption, injustice and inequality around the
world. It also identified how legislative encumbrances such as the
Cyber Crime Act, 2015, as amended, stifle press freedom in Nigeria and
recommends their abrogation. The paper also recommends a huge
protection and insurance package for investigative journalists
following the murder of several of them.
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Investigative Journalism, Media Laws