A Nigerian Man Akinloye Saheed has been arrested and arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, Osun State for taking to his Facebook page to accuse the state government of...
Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo has debunked the news that his father is dead. The singer said there’s no truth to this claim and his father is “alive and doing well”. His...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the blogger who shared “fake photos” of the anti-graft agency’s cell in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the...
The Iranian government has threatened to flog and imprison anyone caught ‘spreading fake news’ about the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has already killed 26 people in Iran. Hassan Norouzi, a...
Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development has commented on her rumoured fake marriage to President Buhari which went viral on social media in 2019....
The US Embassy in Nigeria took to its twitter handle this afternoon to deny reports of rejecting clergyman, Bishop Oyedepo’s visa application. The embassy via its verified Twitter handle, says...
A 32-year-old man, Kabiru Mohammed, has been arrested by men of the Department of State Services DSS for creating and sharing fake videos depicting President Buhari’s marrying the Minister of Finance,...
46 people have been arrested and detained by Turkish authorities for allegedly disseminating terror propaganda on social media regarding Turkey’s military operation in north-eastern Syria. The Anadolu news agency said...
Fakhrriyyah Hashim, a Nigerian lady, woke up to the shocking fake news of her ”demise.” Some Nigerians on Facebook posted a photo of Hashim alongside a wedding invitation with claims...
The Nigerian police command on Thursday, October 3rd said they arrested an Abuja based comedian, Augustine Valentine, popularly known as `MC Fine’, over alleged spread of fake news. Biodun Makanjuola,...
Joseph Gandye, a journalist has been arrested in Tanzania and accused of publishing fake news about alleged police abuse of suspects in custody. Gandye works for Watetezi TV, a station established...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have debunked reports that they have arrested former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. News broke a few hours ago that Okorcha, who handed...
A Fake JAMB letter is currently being circulated on social media which says students should prepare to retake the 2019 UTME. According to the fake JAMB letter, the examination board is...
Marco Antonio Solis death has been confirmed to be fake news. Mexican Singer Marco Antonio Solís Sosa is NOT dead. Read his latest post on Twitter made 25 minutes ago. A death hoax targeting...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described reports on social media that he has fled Nigeria ahead of tomorrow February 16th Presidential election, as Fake News. Reports have been rife on social media...
The Nigerian Army has responded to the alleged abduction of passengers along the Damaturu-Biu road by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group. According to the NA HQ, the fake...
Controversial security expert, Mr Aye Dee has said Nigerians don’t have the right to access internet on election day as so it should be shut down. In his defence, Aye...
An Ivorian lawmaker and ex-sports minister, Alain Lobognon, has been sentenced to one year in jail and fined $520 (£400) for spreading fake news on Twitter. The fake news tweet was said...
Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Okoro has labelled reports which say she was dumped by several men as fake news. Yvonne Okoro who appeared on a cooking show with Nana McBrown was reported...
China’s cyber watchdog says it has deleted more than 7 million pieces of online information as well as 9,382 mobile apps, and it criticized tech giant Tencent’s (0700.HK) news app for...
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