Nigeria, June 18 -- Despite a global decline in trust in the media over the last decade, a new report has found that Nigerians' level of trust in news is increasing.

The Digital News Report, published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, said 68 per cent of Nigerians still trust the media, which is the highest in the world. Nigeria is followed by Finland, where 67 per cent trust in the media. Citizens of two European countries, Hungary and Greece, have the lowest trust in the media (22 per cent).

The research said Nigerians' trust in the news has increased significantly since 2021, alongside some recent improvements in the press freedom index scores from RSF.

"68 per cent of Nigerian audiences remain highly interested ...