Nigeria, June 13 -- The Wife of the late journalist, Bagauda Kaltho, has praised President Bola Tinubu for the posthumous national honour conferred on the deceased journalist.

Mr Kaltho was an investigative journalist who paid the ultimate price in the struggle for Nigeria's democracy.

While commemorating Democracy Day on 12 June, President Tinubu conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on the late journalist.

The president also honoured other democratic activists and journalists who laboured for democracy.

In a statement signed by the wife of the late journalist, Martha Kaltho, she said this national honour is a "powerful reminder that the sacrifices of those who speak truth to power are never forgott...