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Ezekwesili, other panellists at ICIR, ICFJ webinar mull new approach against fake news

By on March 31, 2021
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Nigeria’s former Minister of Education Dr Oby Ezekwesili says there’s a need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information through incentives to discourage the spread of fake news.

Ezekwesili made the call during a webinar jointly organised by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Knight Fellowship in Nigeria.

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