Tag: fake news
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Ignore fake posters linking Akpabio, El-Rufai 2027 political alliance
… it’s mischievous The media office of the President of the Senate has reacted to posters linking Godswill Akpabio to Ex-Governor of Kaduna, Nasr El-rufai describing it as fake and mischievous. This was contained in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Hon Eseme Eyiboh stating that: “The attention of the office of the President…
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Fake news: Between Rasheed and Oyetola and Mohammed’s recipe – By Ehichioya Ezomon
John Hubbel Weiss, associate professor of history at Cornell University, in an opinion piece, “WWI ‘fake news’ made truth the first casualty,” published on news.cornell.edu on November 7, 2018, writes that the current notion of “fake news” can be tied back to this period, when the public began mistrusting the press narrative about the real state of…
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Fake news almost ruined my 40-year old marriage – Ex-Minister
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, immediate past Minister of Information and National Orientation, has recounted how fake news peddled on social media almost crashed his 40-year old marriage.
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How fake news almost ruined my 40-year old marriage – Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, immediate past Minister of Information and National Orientation has recounted how fake news peddled on social media almost crashed his 40-year old marriage. The ex-minister gave the account in Lagos at an event to commemorate the 90th birthday anniversary of Prof. Wole
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Fact-Check: Three false claims by Tinubu’s administration in the last 30 days
The administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has in recent weeks made several public statements that have come under scrutiny. Each of these claims, presented as facts or assertions, has been assessed for accuracy and completeness, to measure the level of openness in the information being communicated to the public. Ensuring the credibility of…
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Fact-Check: Is CBN initiating Naira redenomination that would make $1USD exchange for N1.25?
A viral message suggests that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, plans to re-denominate the Naira by removing two zeroes or shifting two decimal points, accompanied by a transition period during which both old and new Naira would coexist. How true is this claim? In 2008, the…
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Fact-Check: Did Peter Obi meet Seyi Tinubu as claimed in viral photo?
A viral picture circulating on social media shows Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, seemingly conversing with Seyi, the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The picture gained attention as it was accompanied by claims that the duo met and had taken the photograph recently, especially as two pictures of…
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Fact Check Report: Did Justice Ugo of the Presidential election tribunal resign?
There have been claims that one of the Justices presiding over the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has tendered his resignation from the bench, citing pressures from the executive. The purported resignation emanated from a report published by the Igbo Times Magazine on Wednesday 19th July, 2023, where it claimed that Justice Boloukuoromo M. Ugo…
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NOA trains journalists on how to curb fake news
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in partnership with Tomruk iHub Multiverse, DAFUDA, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and Centre for Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID), yesterday ended the 9th series of the National Fact-Checking Course.
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Keyamo makes case for regulation of social media
The minister of state for Labour and Employment, Barrister Festus Keyamo, SAN, has noted that social media regulations must be applied to curb the spread of fake news.