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Benue, Plateau Killings: Media houses lied on Miyetti Allah, ETN24 kept clarifying
Lie on Miyetti Allah: Premium Times' apology has a bigger problem

Premium Times’ decision to retract a fake News it published which claimed that Miyetti Allah described the Plateau attacks as retaliatory has been met with…

Fake APC twitter handle may be doing more harm than good to the ruling Party’s image
Fake APC twitter account is reporting fake news

The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) would likely need more than disowning the @APCNigeria handle on twitter as the handler might be doing more harm…

N10m Nomination Form: Does Punch have an Electoral guideline for PDP before they have one?
PDP denies demanding N12 million from presidential aspirants

The People’s Democratic Party has refuted Punch Newspaper’s report in which it claimed the party demands 12 million Naira for Presidential nomination and expression of interest,…

“Sophisticated Morons” – Even while distancing itself from tribalism, Vanguard still manages to be inaccurate
Chairman of Vanguard Newspaper Editorial Board, Ochereome Nnanna's outburst is not going away

The Chairman of Vanguard Newspaper Editorial Board, Ochereome Nnanna, in replying to a post on social media, declared the Yorubas “sophisticated morons”. While this caused…

For simply changing his seat, the Media assumed Dino Melaye had decamp to PDP
The struggle for web traffic led Media outlets into reporting Dino's seat change out of context

The controversial Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, caused an online uproar, when he changed his seat for health reasons, to get close…

Laugh at these daft Nigerians – The lazy Vox Pop concept that is harming Nigeria’s Image
How Media Houses are ridiculing Nigeria and Nigerians for money

New generational media in Nigeria are replete with video clips of “on the street interviews” with different people, for the singular purpose of creating jokes…

How Vanguard, Daily Post changed the context of Femi Adesina’s statement on Buhari’s return
Again, Vanguard and Daily Post intentionally reported Femi Adesina's words out of context

The statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, on his principal’s state of health and duration of medical…

CAN Secretary-General’s Obituary – The Punch Newspaper desperately tries to incite violence
Punch Reports Musa Asake's death, with utmost disrespect

While announcing the death of Dr. Musa Asake, Secretary-General of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Punch Newspaper tries all it could to link his death to…