It will appear on the surface that with regard to freedom of information, the press is free to speak on issues, but that's not really what is on the ground.
Corruption is so deep in the Nigerian society that you can literally.... If you want somebody to write anything in the newspaper, you can call a journalist and give them an envelope. In fact, one of the politicians was rebuked for remarks he made. He was in a press conference and somebody asked him questions. He told the journalist that the he was one of those people who gets envelopes from people.
The state of journalism has been gradually dying. There were days of Dele Giwa, a renowned journalist who did investigative journalism. The government sent him a letter bomb and he died. It was just a way to intimidate people, and that has continued. Then you put into the mix that there are supra-ethnic groups in Nigeria competing. There are these biases that will frame this question.
In summary, there's no press freedom.