In the silence of guns, amidst flood wreckages, hunger and price hikes, rumour-mongering is a wary, an apex cause of insecurity in the country.

Every era comes with inventions and innovations but the dawn of social media has ushered in unlimited potentials for orchestrators of hazardous fabrications to perniciously harm society.

It is like some people spend their entire lives hallucinating about others. You wonder how one would decipher the intents of another without legitimate evidence to present in persuasion. We must be having mind readers amongst us, or else, prepare for shock.

Not spin-doctoring for individuals pinched by propagandists, but caution to the public on a wider perspective, of negative impacts of the vice on our society.

Besides exchange rates, fluctuation, scarcity and unpredictability, rumours traumatize and demoralize citizens from productive engagements.

Incredibly, are the potential threats of mental health issues to the community and worse still to the young generation surrounded by the horror of social media, aided by mobile devices.

It all calls for self-programming and focus, aligning oneself against distractions, otherwise, rumours are toxic and energy-draining.