Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has advised Nigerians abroad to not always trust news about the country found on social media, saying 80 percent of them are fake.
NAN reported that Lai made the remark on the sideline of a meeting with Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigerian ambassador to the US, in Washington on Saturday.
“Fake news and misinformation when mixed with hate speech threaten the peace, unity, security and corporate existence of Nigerians,” he said.
“Many people in the diaspora depend a lot on social media for news about Nigeria. However, 80 percent of what you read on social media is fake.
“Please, we implore you to visit our website fgnnformation.iapp where you can find information that is genuine about Nigeria.
“When you go by social media, the impression you get is as if Nigeria is at war and as if Muslims are killing Christians and about ethnic war.
“However, those disgruntled politicians have now tried to factor ethnicity and religion into the situation that we have in the country.
“Our challenges have nothing to do with religion or ethnicity.”