Stop featuring terror!sts and criminals on your front pages - FG tells media houses

The Federal Government has urged Nigerian media houses to avoid giving prominent coverage to terror!sts, band!ts and other criminal groups, warning that such publicity helps amplify their activities and undermines national security efforts. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the appeal during a two-day National Security Summit organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja on Thursday, June 18.Yes, we have to do our work. We have to report whatever happens but you must know that the best reporter, the best editor, is the one who knows what not to report in the interest of nat...