Media professionals and Nigerians at large have been charged to embrace the principle of fact checking particularly at this time to help Nigeria win the fight against insecurity. This formed part of the submissions of Rear Admiral Samuel Alade (rtd) while delivering a lecture titled “A nation at crossroads: the media amidst national security and economic woes” in Akure. OSRC’s Zaheed Aribisala reports that the lecture was part of activities to mark Ondo NUJ’s 2021 press week.