A multipurpose international organisation, Emplug Limited, has distanced itself from publications in some Nigerian newspapers about the organisation being involved in an alleged recruitment scam involving the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Addressing newsmen […]
The rumour of whether there was going to be a presidential wedding, precisely, whether President Muhammadu Buhari was going to wed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, went […]
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Monday, described as fake, news making round that some bridges along Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani Road, especially Tatabu Bridge, collapsed. The social media was awash over the weekend that some bridges along […]
A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega on Monday expressed concern over the use of WhatsApp by politicians and candidates to spread fake news in Nigeria, especially during elections. He raised the […]
Fake news and hate speech which have recently been entrenched in the polity, and threatening the very existence of Nigeria has been blamed on the government. Professor Chidi Odinkalu, one of the discussants at the […]
Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) Friday stated that the media quoted the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, out of context over his recent statement allegedly indicting soldiers for failing to curb insurgency. […]
Facebook has closed 23 Italian pages, including many supporting the country’s populist government parties for spreading fake news and breaking other social network rules. The action, coming amid renewed concerns that fake news could poison […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured host communities to its Gas marketing Subsidiary, Nigerian Gas Marketing Company Limited (NGMC) that the report trending in the social media purporting planned relocation of the company’s […]
Fake pictures circulating on social media which users are falsely claiming depict inter-communal violence are inflaming already high tensions in Nigeria. It comes after three days of violence left more than 200 people dead in […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, has inaugurated the Nigerian Army Cyber Warfare Command, a new corps to protect its data/network against cyber attack and curb terrorism. He also launched an app that […]
-Justifies impeachment plot -No date yet to consider INEC budget – Saraki, Dogara -APC alleges planned mob attack on own senators by PDP Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, yesterday hinted that […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged the Voice of America (VOA) to partner with the Nigerian government to fight the menace of fake news to correct misrepresentation of events in Nigeria. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, declared open the 2018 International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress, and stressed the need for journalists worldwide to address the menace of fake news and hate speech for the good of […]
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