RE-THINKING PRESS AND MEDIA FREEDOM UNDER PRESIDENT BOLAAHMED TINUBU ADMINISTRATION IN THE LIGHT OF A FAILINGDEMOCRATIC CULTURE

Abstract

Freedom of the Press and the Media is the fundamental principle that allows for free communication and expression through various medium, including printed and electronic means.
The press and the media play very crucial role in informing citizens about current events, government actions and policies, social issues and the likes without which citizens would lack the requisite information to make informed decisions to call their leaders to account. It plays a very
important role in shaping the public agenda and forming public opinion which is central to democratic participation. In this article, the authors examine the practice of press freedom and media independence under the president Tinubu administration and contends that the press and
media are under severe attack under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, noting the weaponization of the cybercrime Act to stifle dissenting voices and concludes that such actions of the administration are pushing it to the abyss.