Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The International Press Institute, Nigeria, on 2 December honoured the Director-General of the State Security Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, while unveiling its first-of-its-kind Book of Infamy. In this book, two state governors and the Nigerian Inspector-General of Police were called out for serious violations of press freedom and democratic norms.

The record, according to the President, IPI Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, is intended as a permanent accountability mechanism, documenting public officials whose actions undermine media freedom in Nigeria.

It highlights repeated patterns of harassment, intimidation, or unlawful restriction of journalists and media organisations.

In a country where genuine media analyses of the ...