Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has told Google and Meta, the owners of social media platforms - Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram - to address the spread of unauthentic and misleading news on their platforms.

This came as the country's 2023 general elections are fast approaching.

Mohammed made this revelation in Abuja, the nation's capital on Friday while meeting with the ambassadors of Meta and Google, owners of the YouTube and other

"It is no longer news that the use of social media is now a critical factor in national elections, and no nation, including Nigeria, is immune. With a predominantly youthful population, Nigeria ranks among the countries with the highest number of users of v...