Tag: FAKE NEWS
I’ve not left PDP or quit politics – Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said
that he has no reason to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or retire from
politics for now.
He made the...
PDP behind rumour I had accident – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on
Thursday accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of spreading the
false news that he was involved in an...
I have not resigned, Osinbajo insists
Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo has described reports about his resignation as fake news.
Rumours that Prof. Osinbajo was contemplating resigning started on Tuesday after President Muhammadu...
PDP behind Osinbajo resignation story – Ojudu
Special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari
on political matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has described reports that Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo has resigned as fake news sponsored...
Rumours of me fleeing Nigeria is fake news — Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied travelling out of the country as the nation goes to the polls on Saturday.
Obasanjo made the denial on...
Biafra statement linked to me is fake news – Okonjo-Iweala
Former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has
denied making a statement on Biafra.
Although it is unclear what statement she was referring
to, she tweeted in the early...
Leah Sharibu not dead – Lai Mohammed
Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, has described as “absolute fake news” reports that abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has died in captivity.
“It’s...
Police debunk claim men accused of raping woman in Lagos have...
The Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police
Force has debunked social media reports that two suspects arrested for allegedly
drugging and raping a young woman...
EFCC invites Fani-Kayode, Odumakin over fake news on CJN Onnoghen
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Femi Fani-Kayode and Yinka Odumakin for questioning over the circulation of fake news on Tuesday...
NAN sacks reporter over fake news
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has sacked its
correspondent in Makurdi, Bridget Kyado, over a fake report published on
December 28, 2018.
Kyado had filed a...