Tag: FAKE NEWS
Hate speech, fake news feeding off our existing prejudices — Kukah
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has called on all Nigerians to disseminate information responsibly to curb the menace of hate...
Eat your words, Femi Adesina reacts to fake news on Buhari’s...
Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has gone after online media platforms and opposition politicians who allegedly spread false...
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...