Tag: fake news

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YNaijaJune 27, 2023

IKEDC Denies Reports of Electricity Tariff Increase, Labels it Fake News

The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has strongly refuted recent claims suggesting that it intends to raise electricity tariffs for ...

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YNaijaJune 22, 2023

No Approval Given: Tinubu’s Aide Clarifies Misinformation on Salary Increase

Dele Alake, the Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has dismissed reports claiming that ...

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YNaijaMarch 13, 2023

Fake and malicious news – Emefiele dismisses allegations of targeting Tinubu

Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has categorically denied accusations of orchestrating a plot against ...

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YNaijaFebruary 21, 2023

Hacker posted fake CBN statement on my social media – Aisha Buhari

Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the false statement on the extension of the old naira currency ...

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YNaijaFebruary 21, 2023

CBN disputes statement shared by Aisha Buhari on naira notes deadline

The CBN of Nigeria has denied claims that it will keep old naira notes in circulation until May 1, 2023. ...

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YNaijaNovember 12, 2022

INEC states that it is not looking into the US case against Tinubu, viral document a fake

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims that it is investigating a criminal forfeiture case involving All Progressives ...

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YNaijaOctober 17, 2022

Labour Party Senatorial candidate was arrested and not abducted for spreading fake news against Gov Dave Umahi and other pending cases – Police

The Ebonyi State Police Command has declared the purported kidnapping of Linus Okorie, Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, ...

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YNaijaSeptember 7, 2022

Imo will overcome present challenges with prayers – Uzodimma; Falana sues FG, NASS over absence of CCTV at Kuje prisons | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Imo will overcome present challenges with prayers – Uzodimma Be mindful of fake news, NBC urges Nigerians Falana sues FG, ...

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Joshua OnonoseAugust 24, 2022

U.S. to repatriate fresh $23m Abacha loot to Nigeria; Fake news, misinformation is worsening insecurity – Lai Mohammed | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

U.S. to repatriate fresh $23m Abacha loot to Nigeria Lagos, FG start fresh COVID-19 vaccination Fake news, misinformation worsening insecurity ...

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YNaijaJune 7, 2022

This is what we mean when we say you should not spread fake news

We will blame platforms for the spread of fake news and leave out the fact that people actually make the ...

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Ayọ̀délé ÌbíyẹmíNovember 22, 2020

Editi Effiong’s citizen journalism is commendable and should be emulated

Filmmaker, Editi Effiong who is mostly known for his movie UpNorth has been doing an amazing reportage of the Lagos ...

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Adegbite AdedotunOctober 11, 2017

Trump fires back at media over John Kelly’s sack rumour

President Trump has dismissed rumours of his impending firing of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. President Trump instead ...

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AzeezSeptember 29, 2017

Those who consume fake news should be punished alongside those who disseminate it – Femi Adesina

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina said he has suffered in the hands of those who twist information. He said this in ...

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Adegbite AdedotunSeptember 27, 2017

Paul Horner, ‘the guy who got Trump elected’ is dead

Popular purveyor of fake news, Paul Horner 38 has been found dead in Phoenix. Paul became famous for influencing the ...

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EditorAugust 21, 2017

Senate majority leader, McConnell dismisses Trump’s “fake news” claims

by Adedotun Michael Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell while talking to a group at the Louisville Chamber of Commerce has ...

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EditorAugust 21, 2017

Trump heads back to Washington amidst disappointment with media

by Adedotun Michael President Donald Trump after spending a couple of days at his Trump Tower in New York city ...

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RoqeebahAugust 10, 2017

We used our Freedom of Information rights with the Presidency and this happened

In 2011, the Nigerian Press stole a win from the National Assembly. The Freedom of Information Act was finally signed ...

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EditorAugust 8, 2017

Trump attacks “fake news media” for ‘refusing’ to report UN sanctions on N/Korea

US President Trump has lambasted the media for yet another dubbed fake delivery. Trump has frequently been in the eyes ...

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ItunuoluwaAugust 7, 2017

Trump tweets: “Despite fake news, Trump base is far bigger & stronger than ever”

President Donald Trump tweeted in a long Twitter rant that despite the malicious coverage his administration was getting from the ...

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ItunuoluwaAugust 7, 2017

Trump reacts to New York Times article, calls it “totally inept”

President Donald Trump in a series of tweets early Monday, railed against The New York Times calling it “inept”. The ...

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ItunuoluwaAugust 7, 2017

Trump accuses “fake news” of not reporting the successes of his first six months

President Donald Trump on Sunday decided to take a minute to express his frustration at how mainstream media had failed ...

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AzeezAugust 4, 2017

Fake news now influences outcome of elections – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said with advances in technology, Nigeria has to adjust its realities. Osinbajo said this at ...

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EzinneAugust 3, 2017

The Thread: 17 things that prove that Trump has successfully deceived half of America

America is divided into two halves: Conservatives and Liberals (otherwise known as the right and the left) and they never ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJuly 29, 2017

“Vile Piece of Sh_t” | Paul Watson attacks J.K. Rowling for spreading fake news about Donald Trump

J.K Rowling couldn’t wait to criticise President Donald Trump for apparently ignoring a child in a wheelchair – but he ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJuly 26, 2017

We’re on the move to checkmate fake news – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Ministry has moved to checkmate the menace of fake ...

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EditorJuly 22, 2017

How will CNN get on with Scaramucci?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Donald J. Trump’s appointment of a new director to the White House Communications office has continued ...

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AzeezJuly 16, 2017

Fake news is distorting democracy in our country – Trump

President Trump early Sunday blasted the news media for using unidentified sources and “highly slanted and even fraudulent reporting.” “With ...

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ItunuoluwaJuly 12, 2017

Trump is back bashing fake news, says most media sources are made up and do not exist

President Donald Trump is back on the “fake news” bashing train. Following the field day the press had with Donald ...

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RoqeebahJuly 6, 2017

CNN takes another big hit but this time, it wasn’t Trump tweeting mean things #CNNBlackmail

CNN has had unarguably the worst time since Donald Trump became President. From being shutdown by the President during a ...

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ItunuoluwaJuly 3, 2017

Trump says ‘Fake News will be forced to discuss’ the accomplishments of White House

President Trump in a tweet this morning, wrote that the media would soon have no choice but to report on ...

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