2027: FG’s awardee, Usoro warns against fake news, deepfakes

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief
The Federal Government yesterday gave the Executive Chairman of Miden Systems Limited, Dr. Brendan Usoro, an award for excellence in corporate governance and business integrity. This is even as the awardee warned that fake news and Artificial Intelligence-generated misinformation posed growing threats to businesses, national security and Nigeria’s 2027 general elections.
Usoro received the award at the Nigerian Press Council, NPC, National Summit on Curbing Fake News and Misinformation in the Nigerian Media Space,  in Abuja.
The summit, organised under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, brought together media practitioner...