Consider Nigeria’s peculiarity while reporting, DSS urges media

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The Department of State Services has urged the media to consider the peculiarity of Nigeria in terms of ethnic and religious diversities in news reportage.

Dr Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the DSS, said this yesterday in Abuja, at a one-day seminar on the Media and National Security.

The seminar was organised by the DSS in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Council of the National Union of Journalists for members of the DSS press corps.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Afunanya presented a paper, titled: “Fake News and National Security”.

He said that the spread of fake news cuts across all ages, professions and status in this era of the social media.

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