Media shouldn’t be a megaphone for terrorists – Tinubu

—Says freedom of expression, not freedom to defame.
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday night urged Nigerian journalists to put national interest above sensational reporting, warning that irresponsible coverage could undermine the country’s security and democratic progress.
The President urged the media not to be amplifiers for those who want to divide the country and must cease to be megaphones for terrorists. and criminal groups seeking to destabilise the country.
Speaking at the inaugural Presidential Press Corps dinner, the president, who enthused that the nation’s economy has come out of a dark tunnel, advised the media to choose facts over falseho...