Akin Rotimi, chairman of the house of representatives committee on media and Lanre Arogundade, executive director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, among other speakers, have been scheduled to speak at the event commemorating the 2025 World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
NPO Reports—formerly known as Nigeria Politics Online — is organising the event with the theme ‘Fake news, political agendas, and the erosion of public trust’.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Semiu Okanlawon, publisher of the NPO Reports, said the event is meant to deepen conversations on the alarming rise of fake news and its viral use as a political weapon.
“You look around and you see deliberate fabrications pushed through some otherwise credible media channels all in a bid to gain upper hands in a political struggle,” the statement reads.
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“We need to determine to what extent this is causing public erosion of confidence and trust in the media.”
The event, which will be anchored by Dolapo Adewale, a seasoned compere, will have other speakers, including Dotun Oladipo, ex-president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP); Akinbode Oluwafemi, executive director of the Corporate Accountability and Participation Project Africa (CAPPA); Kolapo Olapoju, editor of TheCable Newspaper Limited; and Bisi Deji-Folutile, editor-in-chief of Frank Talk Now.
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