The Nation Newspaper JUST IN: FG threatens legal action over alleged Samoa agreement misinformation
The Federal Government has threatened to take legal actions against Daily Trust for alleged misinformation and fake news in the Samoa agreement report.
“This administration has remained very tolerant of media criticism and guaranteed citizens’ rights to freedom of expression. It is however disheartening that some elements are abusing this free environment guaranteed by the Government. We are alarmed by the level of reckless reporting and statements by some media organisations and individuals that border on national security and stability.
“In the aftermath of the coup in Niger Republic, Daily Trust championed a jaundiced narrative that the Federal Government was driving the country into a war and twisted it with regional sentiment to cause disaffection. The same newspaper gave a banner headline to a baseless accusation that the Government was working on citing foreign military bases in the country. Neither Daily Trust nor originators of that imaginative allegation provided any shred of evidence.
“The baseless and sensational story unfortunately formed a basis for khutba by some of our respected imams who were misled by the story thereby raising tempers.
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