Tag: Fake news

"Let us replace the pursuit of outrage with the pursuit of truth. Together, let us continue building a nation where ...

In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Enugu State, Malachy Agbo, the government categorically stated that ...

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) challenged 26 provisions of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018.

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has dismissed claims that he announced it was the turn of the Southern region ...

The flyer, which claimed to have been issued by the state government, warned residents of increased abductions carried out through ...

In a statement issued on Sunday, 5 October, Ferdinand Ekeoma, the special adviser on media and publicity to Governor Otti, ...

The senator said he realised the story was fake when he “made efforts to investigate further and offer any forms ...

“The woman whose picture was used in the fake news is not Nigerian. Her name is Aalia, and she is ...

“No one confirmed the presence or arrest of such group members as reported in the write-up throughout Lagos State."

A court deputy registrar earlier spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on the alleged resignation of a presidential election court judge.

Today, we are bombarded with all sorts of information every day, be it directly from a person, on television, on ...

In addition to shifting the electoral norm of the country, some friends have become sworn enemies because of their choice ...

Ahead of the Nigerian elections, there has been an explosion of fake news across social media platforms.

As Nigerians prepare for the general elections, information disorder appears to be the order of the day.

The fake discredited statement falsely claimed that the CBN had extended the legal status of the old N200, N500, and ...

The bank said it is only reissuing the old N200 as approved by the president.

International reporters and fact-checkers have identified the NewsPunch as the second largest news medium sharing fake stories around the globe.

The Olympic gold medallist urged Nigerians to go out en masse to vote for the candidate of their choice

I never made such a statement. We have warned again and again. The increasingly bastardised social media will eventually set one ...

NUJ President says all the candidates cleared to stand in the elections are his candidates

There was no such attack, the police said.

The unintended consequence of using intemperate language, the menace of fake news and judicial compromises, is the promotion of violence ...

“FacesofNaija promises a unique user experience never before seen in the Nigerian social media landscape.”

...technologically-driven devices that have helped in fighting fake news include The Factual, Check, Logically, Grover, Full fact, Sensity AI, ClaimBuster, ...

Ms Hassan described fake news as the major threat to the success of the election.