Tag: Fake News
Police In Osun Warn Against Fake, Provocative News As Legislative Elections Beckon
Osogbo, March 15, 2023 (NAN) Police in Osun on Wednesday warned residents against spreading of fake and provocative news that could cause panic and...
2023 election: NOA undertakes sensitization campaign against hate speech, fake news
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Ahead of the 2023 general election, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has organised motorised sticker campaign...
Obi raises alarm over alleged Tinubu’s multi-million naira fake news plot
ABUJA (Press Release) The Obi-Datti Media Office is aware of the new focus of the faltering Presidential campaign of the All Progressive Congress (APC)candidate,...
Opposition deploying fake news to destabilise polls – FG
By ROTIMI IJIKANMI
ABUJA- The Federal Government has again raised the alarm over increase in the use of fake news and disinformation to destabilise the...
Reports on new CP posted to Lagos fake – Lagos police
By DEBORAH AKPEDE
LAGOS- The Police Command in Lagos State has dismissed reports that a new Commissioner of Police has been deployed to the...
Governor’s aide warns against fake news
By STEPHEN ADELEYE
KOGI- Dr Gabriel Ottah Special Adviser to Gov. Yahya Bello of Kogi on Information and Communications, has warned vendors of fake...
Gov. Abiodun to media: Shun fake news, focus on objective reportage
By ABIODUN LAWAL
ABEOKUTA- Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has advised media practitioners to shun fake news as no society could develop optimally where there...
Atiku, Ayu not responsible for disruption of Ortom’s campaign launch:Official
By NICHOLAS DECHI
MAKURDI- The Atiku Grassroot Movement (AGM), a support group, has denied allegations that former Vice-Presidential Atiku Abubakar was responsible for the disruption...
2023: The triple woes of intemperate language, fake news and judicial...
The 2023 elections in Nigeria bring with them hopes and fears, expectations, and optimism for a better future. However, forces are fighting inadvertently to...
APC PCC seeks sanction against Arise, Channels TV over fake broadcast...
By EMMANUEL MOGBEDE
ABUJA- APC presidential campaign council(PCC) has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), asking for sanctions against Arise News and Channels Television Stations.Mr...
Brazil’s supreme court upholds move to ban fake news
By CECILIA ODEY
BRASILIA- Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court had voted to uphold a decision by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to fast-track the removal of...
We are destroying our country with disinformation – Pantami
By ROTIMI IJIKANMI
ABUJA- Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Pantami has raised the alarm that the country is loosing its value by the...
NBC urges Nigerians to be mindful of fake news
By ABDULWAHAB DEJI
ABUJA- The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has called on Nigerians to be mindful of fake news which is capable of inciting and...
Buhari reiterates commitment to tackle banditry, terrorism
By SALISU SANI-IDRIS
ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday reiterated the commitment of his administration to tackle terrorists and bandits who have been putting their...
Tinubu Campaign Organisation cautions Obi’s supporters against fake news
By EMMANUEL MOGBEDE
ABUJA- The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has cautioned supporters of the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, to stop spreading...
Criminals using fake news, propaganda to weaken military operations – Group
By SUMAILA OGBAJE
ABUJA- The Rebirth Coalition, a Civil Society Group, has accused enemies of the state of attempts to weaken the ongoing military operations...
Suspension of national convention fake news, says APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress has described as fake news a report(Not by The PUNCH) that its planned National Convention has been suspended till...
Lekki Massacre: Lai Mohammed, Federal Govt Silent On EndSARS Report
The federal government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed have remained conspicuously silent following the release of the Lagos EndSARS panel...
Insecurity: Nigeria’s Image Suffering Due to Media Reports – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has called out media houses in the country, saying they are responsible for the bad image of the country.
Lai Mohammed, the...
Facebook, others launch #NoFalseNewsZone to minimise spread of fake news
Facebook, Big Cabal Media and Comic Republic on Wednesday announced the launch of #NoFalseNewsZone, a campaign aimed at minimising the spread of fake news...