 And journalists in Nigeria have been taxed to use the influence of the media to promote national unity, peace and security. This is during the 17th conference of the National Guild of Editors, which held in Abuja. The theme was media in times of crisis, resolving conflict, achieving consensus. The Public Relations Office of Nigeria's Department of State Services, as Mr. Peter Afunaya, he urged media practitioners to be more responsible in managing public opinion, as the media is also saddled with the responsibility of ensuring there is peace in the country. About the kind of stories we allow, we understand you work in precarious situations, whether there is divergence or disagreements between you and owners of your platforms, who may be politicians, but it is also time for us to work in good conscience and for common good. Dear four gentlemen, we call on you to begin to be resilient on the part of responsiveness, to chart a common ground and path that will give Nigeria lasting peace. And our relations is around the corner, we are claiming to the distinguished members of the guild to do whatever it is that is within their powers to ensure that we use the media to help, to tell some of the emerging crisis, find consensus, tackle the issue of hate speeches, tackle the issue of unfair media coverage to some of the contestants. And support the police and INEP in delivering a free, fair and credible elections. People rightly ascribe to the media the role of conflict mediator, while politicians in their characteristic nature continue to moralize over Nigeria's first expanding fault lines. The data the media face today appears many to be the similarities between how as journalists we write our stories and how politicians on the various conflict divides frame their positions. We should not allow ourselves to be used to promote insecurity by whatever means. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.