Adebayo, Peter2021-04-202021-04-202007Ojo, E.O & Adebayo, P.F.(2007) ‘Freedom of Speech :A Comparative study of the United States of America and Nigeria In Kiabara Journal of Humanities, Vol. 13, No 1,89-100. Published by Faculty of Arts, University of Port Harcourt.https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/4743The paper is an in-depth study of freedom of speech in the United States of America and Nigeria on a comparative basis. The paper begins with the basic advantages of comparative study, bringing out the existential realities of the United States of America and Nigeria’s position on the observance of freedom of speech in a democratic dispensation. The paper continues with conceptualization of freedom of speech without necessarily being judgmental or definitional. As a comparative study, the third part dwells on freedom of speech in the U.S. The fourth part is on press freedom. Part five analyses freedom of speech and the press in Nigeria; bringing out the inherent problemsenFreedom of SpeechUnited States of AmericaNigeriaArticle