Insecurity: Nigerian Govt to embed journalists in military operations — Defense Minister

The Nigerian authorities has announced plans to embed journalists with subject units during selected operations arsenic portion of efforts to heighten close information reporting and deepen nationalist knowing of ongoing counterinsurgency and interior information operations.

Minister of Defense, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.), disclosed this on Thursday at the National Security Summit organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, successful Abuja.

The minister, represented by his peculiar adviser, Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole (rtd.), said the inaugural is aimed astatine strengthening collaboration betwixt the media and information agencies portion improving transparency and nationalist assurance successful subject operations.

Musa described the media arsenic a captious spouse successful nationalist information management, stressing that modern warfare present extends beyond land, air, and maritime domains to see the accusation space.

According to him, effectual information outcomes should not lone beryllium measured by battlefield occurrence but besides by nationalist spot and assurance successful information institutions.

“More than ever before, the media are not lone enablers; they are stabilizers of government.

“The defence ministry is exploring arrangements to embed jou...