1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2001: Nigeria - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="j38fMlpdlC"><a href="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-nigeria/">Attacks on the Press 2001: Nigeria</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-nigeria/embed/#?secret=j38fMlpdlC" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2001: Nigeria” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="j38fMlpdlC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Mirroring the larger society, the Nigerian media were severely fractured along ethnic and regional lines in 2001, although mainstream news outlets remained economically robust, dynamic, and politically outspoken. Throughout the year, a host of new publications hit newsstands, many of them in local languages. In the Christian-dominated south, private radio and television stations expanded their…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260