Presidency Alerts On Merchants Of Fake News On The Prowl

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BY GRACE ANYANWU, ABUJA – The Presidency on Monday said that purveyors of fake and concocted information are currently on overdrive in the country.

It therefore urged Nigerians to be careful what they consume as news, and also share with others, particularly from the social media.

The warning was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, saying that unfounded information has been making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to the United Kingdom for 20 days, and from there proceed to Saudi Arabia, and then Austria.

Adesina said such stories are fake and nothing but falsehood from mischievous minds.

According to him; “Members of the First Family, Ministers, top government officials, the military, and other key institutions, are equally objects of this orchestrated falsehood, coming from enemies of national cohesion.”

He urged Nigerians to be discriminatory about what they accept as credible information, and restrain themselves from sharing what they have not authenticated as genuine.

He added; “That is how we can all collectively beat the malevolent minds at their pernicious games.”

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