Fake News
4 days ago
Osun State Government has expressed worry over what it described as pervasive fake news in the state.
13 Feb
The police high command is strongly moving against cyberbullying and fake news. Police spokesman, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, who made the disclosure, said the police condemn in the strongest terms the dissemination of fake news..
6 Feb
Nigerian intelligence services have denied reports alleging a Northern Senator's involvement in terrorism and banditry, while uncovering a plot to sow discord between Senators and the public. According to top officers who spoke anonymously in a report published by PRNigeria, investigations revealed the newspaper report accusing the Senator to be "a fabrication." They emphasised that…
25 Jan
Although Nigeria has a long history of ethnic and religious polarisation, the 2023 general elections have triggered the rise of a new set of ethnic nationalists who are now radicalising an entire generation.
8 Dec
Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Haruna Garba, has described news making the rounds of kidnappings in Maitama and Asokoro as fake.
22 Oct
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties against spreading fake news, ahead of the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election.
21 Oct
The Abia Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr Okey Kanu, has urged the people of Abia not to take laws into their hands by engaging in mob justice. Kanu said this on Friday when the Abia Commissioner of Police, Mr Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, paid him a visit at the State Secretariat, Umuahia. The Commissioner advised the…
16 Oct
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it will not trample on people’s rights and press freedom in the fight against fake news and disinformation in the country.
15 Jul 2023
Former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Dr. Nasir Danladi Bako, OON, has identified self-regulatory mechanism as antidote to combating the menace of information disorder plaguing the media industry in Nigeria.
23 Jun 2023
The Presidency has expressed anger over reports of a purported 114 per cent increase in the salaries of the President, Vice President, elected federal and state political office holders and judicial officers.
21 Jun 2023
Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said that fake news and misreporting of anti-corruption efforts threaten stability and livelihood of the nation.
18 Jun 2023
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has congratulated the editor of Vanguard Newspaper, Mr Eze Anaba, on his election as the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE).