Senator Ned Nwoko has denied rumors of conflict between American comedian Steve Harvey and his wife, Marjorie Harvey. Nwoko, representing Delta North of Delta State,...
Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has advised corps members against sharing and spreading fake news on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Ibrahim gave the...
The Federal Government has commenced an investigation of some websites which had been spreading fake news about the pandemic of Coronavirus popularly known as COVID-19. The...
The Lagos State Police Command says that it is not planning any raid for Thursday and Friday throughout the state from 8p.m. It advised Lagosians to...
A Nigerian woman who was reported in some sections of the media to have killed her two kids and thereafter committed suicide over her husband’s infidelity...
Gospel musician Empress Gifty has warned Ghanaian bloggers to stop writing and publishing fake stories about her and failure to do so mean they would die....
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, arrested a man for allegedly creating and sharing a fake video depicting the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Former Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, is being trolled on social media for posting a fake quote about him on Instagram. The fake...
Social networking site Facebook has said it intends to fight fake news on its platform using Yoruba and Igbo languages. Facebook’s Head of Public Policy, Africa,...
The Kaduna State Police Command has said news circulating on social media that an Igbo boy was burnt alive in Kaduna is absolutely false. The Commissioner...
The Police Command in Enugu State has refuted the video clip showing youths of Oduma Community in Aninri Local Government Area of the state chasing herdsmen...
The United States Mission in Nigeria has debunked the rumour that it’s no longer issuing student visa to Nigerians. On its verified Twitter handle, @USEmbassyAbuja, the...
Social networking site, Facebook, said it has shut down 23 Italian pages, including many supporting the country’s populist government parties for spreading fake news and breaking...
In a bid to counter fake news the Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that voters can vote with any finger because ballot paper is not...
Nigeria’s vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed the damages the spread of fake news can cause. The vice president, who spoke about the negative effect...