Information Minister Muhammed Idris, at PRNigeria’s 2025 Young Communication Fellowship close in Abuja, alerted 2025 grads to Nigeria’s media minefield—75% fake news via Facebook/WhatsApp/Twitter fueling security fears (β=0.53 correlation to threats), ethnic rifts, and trust erosion amid AI deepfakes. Rep Ali M. Ali urged integrity, ethics, resilience in cutthroat reportage; NUJ Prez Alhassan Abdul pushed national security focus; IMP CEO Yushau Shuaib hailed the 2-week hands-on (fact-checking, crisis PR) bridging theory-practice gap since 2024.
Top fellow Oyeyemi Abolade and team lead Humaid Shehu pocketed N100K prizes, NUJ/NIPR registration vowing ethical contributions.
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