The thrust of this research project is to determine how existing laws and ethics in Nigeria affects the operations of the journalists. This is the goal of this study hence it is apthy titled.
The reason behind this was the realization of laws and ethics as essentials of journalism, but repressive laws and non-adherence to the ethics of the profession are cost in the wheil of achieving responsible and viable journalism practice.
This work is divided into five chapters. Chapter one focused on the background of study and fundamental frameworks for arriving at a valid and reliable scientific inquiring.
Chapter two dealt with literature review the purpose to glean from releant literature in order to place the study within the perspective of accumulated scholarly and intellectual knowledge.
Chapter three covered the research methodology that guided the study.
Chapter four encompasses the presentation of relevant data and analysis. Four hypothesis were tested using chi-square goodness of fat test.
The four hypothesis formulated and test received empirical and statistical support. The validation of the hypothesis is an indicator or dissatisfaction of existing laws in the country by journalists and appreciations of ethics as desirable self control mechanism.
The Nigerian press started with the establishment of Iwe Irohim in Abeokuta by Reverend Henry Townsend in 1859. during that period, other pioneers who followed the foot steps of Townsend were dexendarits of freed slaves from sierraleon who had settled in Lagos. They contributed greatly to the Nigerian press. Since they operated under the colonial government, it was natural that their newspaper became vehicles for purchasing independence and liberalization in the governance of the country.
According to Onu (1979), the press during colonial rule attacked many policies and personalities in the government. As media criticisms mounted, measures to and the assumed press excesses became inevitable. In other words, the history of the Nigerian press law shows that the laws were not really there when the press first started. The first known law came into existence in 1903. this was the newspaper ordinance No. 10 of 1903, which contained provisions for regulating the publications news paper in what was the northern Nigeria, as there was practically no circulation in northern Nigeria at that time. But with the passage of time, the press in Nigeria has passed through various governments; colonial, military and civilian. And t he governments have always enacted come regulations laws and decrees to guide against what is termed the excesses of the press. The press all over the world is regards as powerful instrument for social change. Governments across the globe dread them. They can bring leaders and can as well be a powerful resource for leaders. Right from the colonial period till date, the controversy surrounding the power and the effects of media is not abating. Uwnah (1991) made the following evaluations of the Nigeria press from the colonial era to the present.
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