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Military regimes and the press in Nigeria, 1966-1993 : human rights and national development

Title: Military regimes and the press in Nigeria, 1966-1993 : human rights and national development / Chris W. Ogbondah.
Author: Ogbondah, Chris W. (Chris Wolumati)
Publication: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1994.

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Description

191 pages; 23 cm

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Tradition of Press Freedom. Why the Press Remained Relatively Free -- Ch. 3. Aguiyi Ironsi and the Press. Constitution Suspension and Modification Decree 1966. State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree 1966. Defamatory Offensive Publications Decree 1966. Effects of the Press Laws. Press Freedom -- Ch. 4. Gowon, Mohammed/Obasanjo and the Press. Constitution Suspension and Modification Decree 1967. State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree 1967. Parliament (Dissolution) Decree 1967. Morning Post and Sunday Post (Prohibition) Decree 1967. Newspapers (Prohibition of Circulation) Decree 1967. Armed Forces and Police (Special Powers) Decree 1967. Police Act Decree 1967. Trade Dispute Decree. Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree 1976. Newspaper (Prohibition of Circulation) (Validation) Decree 1978. Daily Times of Nigeria Limited (Transfer of Certain Shares) Decree 1979. Effects of the Decrees. Press Freedom -- Ch. 5. The Press Under Buhari's Regime. Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1984. State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree 1984. Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree 1984. Federal Military Government (Supremacy and Enforcement) Decree 1984. Federal Office Cabinet Directives. Import License Restrictions. Public Reactions to Decree No. 4. Origins of Decree No. 4. Effects of Decree No. 4 -- Ch. 6. Babangida and the Press. The Sixth Coup D'Etat. Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1984. State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree 1984. Newswatch Decree 1987. Nigerian Press Council Decree (No. 85) 1992. Effects of the Decrees -- Ch. 7. Rationales for Suppression of Expression. Government Rationales. Pragmatic Rationales. Future of Government-Press Relations -- Appendix 1: My 27-HOUR Ordeal at an R-State Guardroom.

ISBN

0819188344
9780819188342
0819188352
9780819188359

LCCN

93036039

OCLC

ocm28847657
28847657
SCSB-9490977

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library