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DSS’ disclaimer points at the thin line between parody and fake news
DSS says it has no twitter account, and for obvious reasons

In the face of recent rise and spread of parody accounts on Twitter, The Department of State Services (DSS), has joined the Nigerian Police Force…

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…

Former President Jonathan misunderstood one of Ghana’s President speech and narrated a lie about the other
Ghanaian President did not mock Nigeria, his speech was misinterpreted

A speech by the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, at the 2018 Oxford African Conference, where he addressed how the international community separates a financially…

Senate never threatened to withhold Police Budget, neither did the Police threaten to withdraw men from Senate
Reports that the Senate plans to withdraw Police budget & IGP plans to withdraw its security detail, is fake

The news on Social Media platforms (Facebook and Twitter) credited to the Senate that it would withdraw the Police Budget to which the Inspector General…

Widely circulated Buhari’s statement on medical tourism, in Chatham House, is Fake
Reports that the President promised not to seek medical attention abroad are inaccurate

The statement making the round on Social Media and even featured in some prominent online Media outlets alleged to have been made by President Muhammadu Buhari…