Abstract
This study examines the role of social media in information dissemination in the pandemic era. Social Media is an invaluable means of disseminating information to the citizenry; hence it is a powerful tool of propaganda. The paper therefore interrogates the roles which social media play in either curtailing or aiding the spread of the news on the pandemic across the country. The paper concludes that the relevance of social media outlets cannot be overemphasized with recourse to information dissemination. Therefore, the study recommends that social media users should stop spreading fake news and inflammatory messages that may result in violence, fear and confusion of individual health status. Furthermore, government should collaborate with security agencies to monitor social media accounts so as to counter propaganda, hate speech and other hazardous contents.