Tag: Fake news

Woman Arrested Over Fake OPay Shutdown Notice, Regrets Sharing Unverified Claim

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Woman Arrested Over Fake OPay Shutdown Notice, Regrets Sharing Unverified Claim

Hafsat Abubakar, the social media user arrested by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) over a fake notice claiming that OPay was shutting down its operations, has expressed regret over sharing the information without verifying its authenticity. Abubakar said she did not know the notice was false when she reposted it and acknowledged…

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Crime Watch, Cyberspace and Security I

FG To Spend N138m To Tackle Fake News, Print Calendars

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FG To Spend N138m To Tackle Fake News, Print Calendars

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, will be spending N138,066,187 to combat fake news and print calendars in the next fiscal year. Part of the sum will also be used to facilitate media appearances for ministers and organise engagement with social media influencers among others. This is contained in…

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Budget and Expenditures

Ignore Doctored Video, Fake News On Empowerment, Lawmakers – Kwara Gov’s aide

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Ignore Doctored Video, Fake News On Empowerment, Lawmakers – Kwara Gov’s aide

Our attention has been drawn to a fake story, accompanied by a doctored video, purporting that Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has accused the state lawmakers or the government of not performing. The said disinformation is being spread by known peddlers of fake news and their accomplices whose masters was recently captured on video asking…

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News, Politics

Father of arraigned Kwara journalists, Akogun finally breaks silence

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Father of arraigned Kwara journalists, Akogun finally breaks silence

Mr Kunle Akogun is the father of two Ilorin-based journalists, Messrs Dare and Abdulrasheed Akogun, who are being tried by the police on the complaints of the Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye. Akogun speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE about the matter —-Tell us about your relationship with Dare and Abdulrasheed…

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Opinion

Police to Sobi FM: You’re A Fake News Peddler

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Police to Sobi FM: You’re A Fake News Peddler

Kwara State Police Command’s attention was drawn to a facebook account owned by Sobi Fm 101.9 termed ‘Breaking news’ to the effect that the newly posted Commissioner of Police Kwara State, CP Paul Odama psc(+) who assumed Office barely a month ago has been redeployed by the Inspector-General of Police, over what they claimed was…

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Crime Watch, News

You can’t be a hero for going to jail over fake news, defamation

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You can’t be a hero for going to jail over fake news, defamation

By Adamu Kawu. Many attempts have been made to distort the narrative in the ongoing saga between Rafiu Ajakaye, the chief press secretary to Kwara state governor, and the Akogun brothers (Rasheed Akogun and Dare Akogun). Again, I see a herd behaviour playing out in the whole issue. Many have even let youthful exuberance to…

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Crime Watch, Opinion