SECTOR 1 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.2 (2008 = n/a) 1.5 Print publications are not required to obtain permission to publish from state authorities. “...the board has been set up mainly to ensure full control over the content of publications.” Authorisation is required for print publications to be considered legal in Nigeria. Newspapers generally obtain licences from either the Federal or State governments, while publishers of books are required to obtain an ISBN number from the National and State libraries. Some states insist on receiving a draft of the publication before issuing an ISBN number. In the state of Kano, a board has been set up to look through print material before it is published. According to one panellist, “the board has been set up mainly to ensure full control over the content of publications.” In Lagos State, authorities require new publishers to submit a dummy copy of their newspaper or magazine before the publication is launched. But panellists said many publishers generally ignore the licence requirements and go ahead to publish. They carry on unperturbed with their business until they commit an “offence”, and the noncompliance is then used against them. 12 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NIGERIA 2011