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2019: Okonjo-Iweala warns against ‘fake news’

Former Nigeria’s minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has disowned recordings and news items…

El-Rufai: Kaduna will punish purveyors of hate speech, fake news

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna on Wednesday said nobody will be allowed to engage in…

Criminalise hate speech, fake news, Sultan tells FG

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar said on Thursday that the traditional institution was…

Facebook introduces measures to fight fake news

Facebook (FB.O) is to send more potential hoax articles to third-party fact checkers and show…

FG vows to bring purveyors of fake news to justice

The Federal Government has said it will not relent until those who are spreading fake…

THEY LEARNT NOTHING, AND FORGOT NOTHING, By FEMI ADESINA

They showed their pernicious hands again last Sunday, and have been on the prowl since…

Fake news dangerous than insurgency – Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the phenomenon of fake news,…