Tag: FAKE NEWS
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...
Blogger did fake news of me posing with strippers –...
Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo has said that fake news had put him in trouble with his wife
recently.
Mr Osinbajo,
while speaking at a BBC symposium on fake news...
I didn’t say Goodluck Jonathan married an illiterate – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that fake news, which has become a threat to mankind, may result in a third World War.
Prof...
Fake news, hate speech biggest threat to 2019 polls – Lai...
Minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed insists fake news and hate speech constitute the biggest threat to the 2019 general election, with an...
Atiku: Buhari’s media aide Lauretta Onochie in trouble over fake news
Social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie is in trouble for sharing a fake picture on Twitter on Tuesday alleging it was...
Soldiers fighting Boko Haram not begging for food – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has debunked an online media report that troops fighting Boko Haram in the northeast operate in deplorable conditions which have forced...
I’m not Chidinma Cucumber, newly married woman cries out
A newly married woman has reacted to fake social media reports that she is Chidinma Okeke, the former Miss Anambra beauty pageant winner seen...
Buhari’s media aide busted for sharing fake road project picture
Social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, has received stern criticism after flaunting a bogus road project by the Federal Government.
Onochie, who...
Ambode denies withdrawing from governorship race
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has denied reports that he has withdrawn from the 2019 governorship race.
A letter purportedly written by Mr Ambode claiming...
Dele Momodu apologises for fake news on freezing of Davido’s account
Publisher of Ovation International, Dele Momodu, has apologised for sharing the news that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) froze the account of...