Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Scores of Nigerian journalists and media executives gathered on Monday in Abuja to discuss legal challenges and laws that criminalise journalism and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).

The discussion took place at a one-day training event organised by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID).

The workshop, involving leading media executives and civil society professionals as facilitators and participants, saw intensive discussion around laws hindering press freedom; the use of defamation as a tool of suppressing press freedom; public perception of media and press freedom as well as guiding principles of code of conduct and code of ethics for Nigerian journalists.

Experts who ...