Fake News

The Abia State Governor-Elect, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR says that those trying to twist his statement about having won an election in the past when he and his friend and Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi were not in the same…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it did not extend the validity of old naira notes till May 1, 2023. On Tuesday, a statement, which is said to have been signed by Osita Nwanisobi, CBN spokesperson, began to circulate on social media…

SEMINAR: Army Charges Abia Media Practitioners On Fake News, Upholding Military's Image The Nigerian Army on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 charged media practitioners in Abia state to shun the disemination of fake news and also uphold the…

2023 Budget: I Need More Funds To Fight Fake News - Lai Mohammed Tells Senate The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed lamented on Tuesday that his ministry is incapacitated in the war against fake news, misinformation…

The government of Abia State has described the news flying around social media that the federal government through the federal ministry of works has ordered the suspension of work on Osisioma Flyover as fake news. According to the…

The Federal Government as part of its advocacy against fake news, hate speech, and banditry has allocated the sum of N104,532,705 to its cause. This was contained in the 2022 appropriation budget obtained on the website of the…

The Nigerian Government said it has uncovered about 476 news websites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the Buhari administration. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Monday in…

EFCC Arrests Blogger Behind Fake 'EFCC Cell' Tweet The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the EFCC, has arrested a blogger, Mr Dikeocha Chukwuebuka, who published a picture of a crowded open cell on his Twitter handle @TheRealDayne, claiming…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented the negative effect of fake news, adding that it even put him in some trouble with his wife recently. Osinbajo, while speaking at a BBC symposium on fake news tagged, ‘Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake…