Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has decried the harmful impact of fake news, revealing that a false report about a non-existent $1.9bn in his account almost destroyed his 40-year marriage. Mohammed also stressed the need for collective efforts to combat the menace of fake news, explaining that its gravity becomes evident only when one becomes a victim. Speaking on Thursday at a programme titled “A Day with Alhaji Lai Mohammed,” organised by the Mass Communication Department of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), in collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Institute of Public
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