FAKE NEWS

‘Ministers’ sack’: Take action against fake news platforms — Presidency directs security agencies

“Press freedom and freedom of speech will not exist when some people can wake up and concoct their news and…

2 days ago

Edo: Police arrest 38-year-old man for spreading fake news

The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), have arrested a 38-year-old man, Destiny Ekhorutomuen in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area…

4 months ago

Gov Nwifuru decries rising waves of fake news

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has frowned at the rising cases of fake news which has posed great danger to…

6 months ago

Between Dapo Abiodun and fake news merchants

By Jumoke Ayayi -Omene   SOCIAL media, a vital part of contemporary societal communication network, can be quite useful as…

10 months ago

Group launches fact-checking platform to counter fake news

A group concerned with socioeconomic development in Africa has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered fact-checking platform to counter the spread…

1 year ago

Lai: How fake news almost ruined my 40-year-old marriage

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, immediate past Minister of Information and National Orientation, has recounted how fake news peddled on social media…

1 year ago

Nigeria needs social media regulation to tackle fake news, anarchists — Lai Mohammed

former Minister of Information and Culture under the former President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Lai Mohammed, has called for the regulation…

1 year ago

Off-season polls: Fake news, menace to electoral process — INEC Chairman

Ahead of Edo and Ondo State governorship elections, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor  Mahmood Yakubu, has again appealed…

1 year ago

Fake news, disinformation threatening elections in Nigeria — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern about the proliferation of fake news and misinformation in the run-up…

2 years ago

Akpabio, Gowon, Soyinka, others to attend 3-day summit on fake news, misinformation

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Professor Woke Soyinka, and…

2 years ago

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