Premium Times, NAN Collaborate Against Fake News

The Executive Director of Premium Times, Mr Dapo Olorunyomi yesterday reiterated the need for media organisations to deploy facts-checking techniques to check the spread of fake news in the country.
Olorunyomi made the call when he visited the headquarters of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
He solicited partnership between NAN and Premium Times Centre on Investigative Journalism in order to set up a fact-checking platform with a view to mitigating the effects of fake news in the country.
Olorunyomi, who blamed the rising wave of false information on digital evolution, pointed out that it could be of great consequences to the society.
According to him, dealing with truth in the media industry has become a huge challenge.
“Part of it is as a result of digital transition which is affecting our profession and now we have to wrestle with the terrain of just being factual.
“Our coming today is to share with you the footprints of our work and how NAN can be a partner.
“The problems of fake news or what we professionally will call disorder in the information ecosystem has really made things tough.
“Unfortunately, not everybody has the tools to understand this process very well,” he said.