Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The Imo State Government has faulted a recent report which ranked Imo State as the most dangerous place for journalists to operate in Nigeria.

The state's Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, stated this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday.

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) launched the CJID Openness Index on Thursday, Nigeria's first-ever subnational assessment of press freedom and civic space across the 36 states and the FCT.

The CJID is a pan-African media development think tank advancing investigative journalism, fact-checking, human rights reporting, media innovation, elections, and journalist safety.

In the report, Imo State was ranked 37th (last) out of the...