National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre
15 Aug
The Federal Government has appealed to media executives to assist in the fight against terrorism and destructive ideologies by leveraging their respective platforms to counter these threats. The government stressed the critical role media has played in the past in enlightening and reengineering the public mindset. The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre…
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