The impact of fake news in the society can never be overemphasized,it have triggered war where properties worthy millions of dollars were lost including lives.some people deliberately engaged in fake news sharing just to attract traffic on there Facebook pages for monetary gain in the expense of others that it will negatively affect.it will be imperative if government should enact law to punish offenders to checkmate there excess.it has done more harm than good in our society.drastic measures are required to curbs it's more spreading especially at the social media handles.