Minister tasks online media against fake news

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to Online Publishers not to lend their platforms to the spread of fake news.

He warned that the online media stand to lose credibility if their publications were identified with fake news.

The Minister spoke at an interaction with online publishers and social media influencers in Lagos yesterday, a statement by his assistant Segun Adeyemi said.

He made the appeal in furtherance of the National Campaign against Fake News which was launched by his ministry early this month