NUJ President Condemns Alarming Rate Of Fake News

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National president of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo, has expressed concern over the alarming rate of fake news by social media

platforms and fifth columnist in the country, which according to him, has given the media profession a bad name.

Comrade Isiguzo who met with the United Igbo Journalists Forum in Abuja explained that the online publications that the Channels Television journalists were arrested was fake, adding that they were only invited by the National Broadcasting Commission for questioning.He said after the chat with NBC management, they were asked to go immediately at the intervention of the national secretariat led by him.

 

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