Nigeria, May 9 -- It was in July 2019 when the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) convened a maiden Social Media Influencers Summit in Kano, where media managers, experts, influencers, online publishers and entrepreneurs from across the country converged to deliberate on crucial issues surrounding the new media as it affects Nigeria.

The Chairman of the Editorial Board of PREMIUM TIMES, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim was at hand at the time to take a session on Media Propaganda, Misinformation, Disinformation and Fake News.

The professor of Political Science and development consultant/expert, obviously worth his salt, held the audience spell bound with his elicidation upon the implicit and explicit consequences of informa...